Psalms 84:10 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 84:10

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 dwell in the tents of the wicked.

BSB

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ASV

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

KJV

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Homily 16, on Psalm 83 (420)

For better is one day in your courts above thousands. See what he says, "one day." Someone thinks it should be understood thus: It is better for me to have a little in the kingdom of heaven, than here the whole, that is, in this world. This understanding, indeed, is not a bad one. But let us say: If it could happen that someone should be for one day in the kingdom of heaven, and afterward be cast down headlong, he would rightly say: Better is one day in your courts.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. Of course the psalmist means a thousand days spent elsewhere. Under the most favourable circumstances in which earth's pleasures can be enjoyed, they are not comparable by so much as one in a thousand to the delights of the service of God. To feel his love, to rejoice in the person of the anointed Saviour, to survey the promises and feel the power of the Holy Ghost in applying precious truth to the soul, is a joy which worldlings cannot understand, but which true believers are ravished with.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
טֽוֹב־	tov-	[is] good	H2896 →
י֥וֹם	Yom	a day	H3117 →
בַּחֲצֵרֶ֗יךָ	ba.cha.tze.Rei.kha	in courts your	H2691 →
מֵ֫אָ֥לֶף	me.'A.lef	more than a thousand	H505 →
בָּחַ֗רְתִּי	ba.Char.ti	I have chosen	H977 →
הִ֭סְתּוֹפֵף	His.to.fef	to stand at [the] threshold	H5605 →
בְּבֵ֣ית	be.Veit	in [the] house of	H1004 →
אֱלֹהַ֑י	'e.lo.Hai	God my	H430 →
מִ֝דּ֗וּר	mi.Dur	more than dwelling	H1752 →
בְּאָהֳלֵי־	be.'o.ho.lei-	in [the] tents of	H168 →
רֶֽשַׁע׃	Re.sha'	wickedness	H7562 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
leads to
- Psalms 26:8
  O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalms 23:6
  Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- Psalms 65:4
  Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Psalms 84:4
  How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
- Luke 10:42
  But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Through
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
leads to
- Ephesians 2:19
  Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- Colossians 3:1–3
  Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:18
  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms