A day in your courts...

is better than a thousand elsewhere

Blessed are those you choose
and bring near to live in your courts!

We are filled with the good things
of your house, of your holy temple.

You answer us with awesome deeds of
righteousness, O God our Savior!

Psalm 65:4,5a NIV


Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day:
and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Psalm 89:15,16 KJV


Blessed are those who dwell in thy house,
ever singing thy praise!

For a day in thy courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be a doorkeeper
in the house of my God than dwell
in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the LORD withhold
from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 84:4,10-11 RSV