#psalm 84

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Better is One Day in Your Courts

1 Lord God All-Powerful, your temple is so lovely! 2 Deep in my heart I long for your temple, and with all that I am I sing joyful songs to you.

3 Lord God All-Powerful, my King and my God, sparrows find a home near your altars; swallows build nests there to raise their young.

4 You bless everyone who lives in your house, and they sing your praises. 5 You bless all who depend on you for their strength and all who deeply desire to visit your temple. 6 When they reach Dry Valley, springs start flowing, and the autumn rain fills it with pools of water. 7 Your people grow stronger, and you, the God of gods, will be seen in Zion.

8 Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Jacob, please answer my prayer! 9 You are the shield that protects your people, and I am your chosen one. Won’t you smile on me?

10 One day in your temple is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather serve in your house, than live in the homes of the wicked.

11 Our Lord and our God, you are like the sun and also like a shield. You treat us with kindness and with honor, never denying any good thing to those who live right.

12 Lord God All-Powerful, you bless everyone who trusts you. — Psalm 84 | Contemporary English Version (CEV) The Holy Bible, Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society. Cross References: Genesis 15:1; 1 Samuel 16:6; Psalm 5:2; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 42:1-2; Psalm 43:3-4 and 5; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 59:5; Psalm 63:1; Psalm 65:4; Psalm 80:4; Psalm 81:1; Psalm 86:11; Psalm 107:35; Psalm 132:5; Isaiah 29:17; Isaiah 58:13; Matthew 7:11; John 1:16; 2 Corinthians 3:18;Revelation 21:23

Psalm 84: The Best Kind of Longing

[dylanadreams]

‭Psalms 84:2

My soul yearns, even faints,

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

[s-o-a-p-ing]

PSALMS S.O.A.P. ~ PSALM 84

Tuesday, 11/14/23

SCRIPTURE:

How happy are those who reside in Your house,  who praise You continually. Selah  ~ Psalm 84:4  Happy are the people whose strength is in You,  whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. ~ Psalm 84:5  Better a day in Your courts  than a thousand anywhere else.  I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than live in the tents of wicked people. ~ Psalm 84:10 

OBSERVATION:

Interesting opposites here:

Reside - have one's permanent home in a particular place;

Pilgrimage - a purposeful journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns home to their daily life;

And then, 

the threshold of the house of God - implies permanence, residing...

...tents of the wicked - implies impermanence, moving from place to place...

Happy - residing and pilgriming in Him and in His presence... even for just a day...

APPLICATION:

Reside in Him;

Travel with Him;

Praise Him continually;

PRAYER:

Father God - may I travel with You, pilgrimage with You, return with You to Your house and accept my place at Your door... I ask forgiveness for my wandering... Please accept my praise and thanksgiving and worship for Your grace and mercy... through and in Jesus's Name, for Your honor... 

Happily trusting in Him... 𝖌

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[human-perspective]

...my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Psalm 84: 2 NIV

[quotesfromscripture]

“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, Whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka, They make it a place of springs; The autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, Till each appears before God in Zion. 

Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; Listen to me, God of Jacob.

Look on your shield, O God; Look with favor on your anointed one. 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. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD bestows favor and honor; No good thing does he withhold From those whose walk is blameless.

LORD Almighty, Blessed is the one who trusts in you.”

- Psalm 84:5-12 NIV (2011)

[praise-the-lord-im-dead]

How lovely is your dwelling place,

Lord Almighty!

My soul yearns, even faints,

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and my flesh cry out

for the living God.

Even the sparrow has found a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may have her young—

a place near your altar,

Lord Almighty, my King and my God.

Psalm 84: 1-3

[bibleillustrated]

Psalm 83(84):10 Link: bible-illustrated.blogspot.com/2018/09/psalm-8310.html I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. This illustration was made possible thanks to the generous donation of iconographer Mirjana Šegan; please consider pledging at: www.patreon.com/BibleIllustrated

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