Psalm 84

To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.

1  How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!

2  My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

3  Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.

4  Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise. [Selah]

5  Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6  As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.

7  They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

8  O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! [Selah]

9  Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.

10  For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.

11  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.

12  O LORD of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.

.....Better is one day in Your courts

Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere......

• Chris Tomlin Lyrics

Ordinary 21 / Pentecost +14

43 Jesus is the Way

The Scripture passage for the day is drawn from Reuben Job and Norman Shawchuck, A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and other Servants, (Nashville, The Upper Room 1983), 266.
This reflection is from my own devotional exercises for the day.