O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer, hearken, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the face of thine [a]Anointed.

10 For [b]a day in thy courts is better than a thousand other where: I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tabernacles of wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:9 That is, for Christ’s sake, whose figure I represent.
  2. Psalm 84:10 He would wish to live but one day rather in God’s Church, than a thousand among the worldlings.

Hear my prayer,(A) Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
Look on our shield,[a](B) O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.(C)

10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(D) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign