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Better Is One Day in Your Courts

Psalm subtitle:For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Verse1How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

Verse2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Verse3Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

Verse4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You.Selah

Verse5Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

Verse6As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

Verse7They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

Verse8O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob.Selah

Verse9Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

Verse10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Verse11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Verse12O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!