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Better Is One Day in Your Courts

Psalms 84:2

In 11 translations

BSB
My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
KJV
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
WEB
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
ASV
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
LSV
My soul desired, indeed, it has also been consumed, || For the courts of YHWH, || My heart and my flesh cry aloud to the living God,
YLT
My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,
DBY
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.El
DRC83:3
My soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.
GNV
My soule longeth, yea, and fainteth for the courtes of the Lord: for mine heart and my flesh reioyce in the liuing God.
JPS84:3
My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living God.
LXXE83:3
My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.

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Original-language editions

WLC84:3
נִכְסְפָ֬ה וְגַם־כָּלְתָ֨ה ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ לְחַצְר֪וֹת יְה֫וָ֥ה לִבִּ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֑י יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ אֶ֣ל אֵֽל־חָֽי׃KJV:Ps.84.2
LXX-Br83:3
Ἐπιποθεῖ καὶ ἐκλείπει ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὰς αὐλὰς τοῦ Κυρίου· ἡ καρδία μου καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου ἠγαλλιάσαντο ἐπὶ Θεὸν ζῶντα·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
  • Psalms 42:1–2As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
  • Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
  • Psalms 63:1–2O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
  • Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
  • Psalms 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
  • Song of Songs 5:8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
  • Song of Songs 2:4–5He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love. Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
  • Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
  • Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 84:3 in some Bibles
  • 84:2 in most Bibles

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