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Better is One Day in Your Courts

(John 1:14-18)

¹ For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts.² My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.³ Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself where she places her young by Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.⁴ How blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they are ever praising You. Selah⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.⁶ As they pass through the Valley of Baca^(a), they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools^(a).⁷ They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

⁸ O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah⁹ Behold our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.¹⁰ For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked.¹¹ For 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.¹² O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!