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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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MusicGittithCourt of the Sanctuary; Tabernacle; TempleMusic, InstrumentalTentHeart, Character of the RenewedReadings, SelectFaintAffectionsAffections, The
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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.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 84:3 in some Bibles
- 84:2 in most Bibles