Psalm 84:9-10

O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!

    Show favor to the one you have anointed.

A single day in your courts

    is better than a thousand anywhere else!

I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God

    than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.   

 

O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! 

Psalm 59:11 

    Don't kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons;

        stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees,

        O LORD, our shield. (see all Psalm 59)

Psalm 3:3-4  

    But you, O LORD, are a shield around me;

        you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

    I cried out to the LORD,

        and he answered me from his holy mountain. (see all Psalm 3)

 

Show favor to the one you have anointed. 

Psalm 2:2  

    The kings of the earth prepare for battle;

        the rulers plot together

    against the LORD

        and against his anointed one. (see all Psalm 2)

Psalm 18:50  

    You give great victories to your king;

        you show unfailing love to your anointed,

        to David and all his descendants forever. (see all Psalm 18)

Psalm 132:17-18  

    "Here I will increase the power of David;

        my anointed one will be a light for my people.

    I will clothe his enemies with shame,

        but he will be a glorious king." (see all Psalm 132)

 

A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked. 

1 Chronicles 23:1-5  When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel. David summoned all the leaders of Israel, together with the priests and Levites. All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000. Then David said, "From all the Levites, 24,000 will supervise the work at the Temple of the LORD. Another 6,000 will serve as officials and judges. Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made." 

1 Chronicles 23:32  And so, under the supervision of the priests, the Levites watched over the Tabernacle and the Temple and faithfully carried out their duties of service at the house of the LORD. (see all chapter 23)         

(parentheses are mine)

 

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