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Psalms 84:10

84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
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. I had: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold

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

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.

For a day in your 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.

84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

What does Psalms 84:10 mean?

Psalms 84:10 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יוֹם (yôwm), חָצֵר (châtsêr), טוֹב (ṭôwb).

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For
a
dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
in
thy
courtsחָצֵרchâtsêr/khaw-tsare'/H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
is
betterטוֹבṭôwb/tobe/H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
than
a
thousand.אֶלֶףʼeleph/eh'-lef/H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
I
had
ratherבָּחַרbâchar/baw-khar'/H977properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
be
a
doorkeeperסָפַףçâphaph/saw-faf'/H5605to wait at the threshold
in
the
houseבַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of
my
God,אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
than
to
dwellדּוּרdûwr/dure/H1752properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain
in
the
tentsאֹהֶלʼôhel/o'-hel/H168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
of
wickedness.רֶשַׁעreshaʻ/reh'-shah/H7562a wrong (especially moral)
I
had:
Heb.
I
would
choose
rather
to
sit
at
the
threshold

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And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Exodus 18:25

And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. to rule the day: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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What does Psalms 84:10 say?

Psalms 84:10 (King James Version) reads: "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. I had: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold"

Is Psalms 84:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 84:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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