Psalms 84:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָ֭גִנֵּנוּ רְאֵ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ֝הַבֵּ֗ט פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

māginnēnû rəʾēh ʾĕlōhîm and habbēṭ pənê məšîḥekā

Grammar Details

• *māginnēnû*: masculine singular noun + 1st person plural possessive suffix - 'our shield'
• *rəʾēh*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - 'see/look'
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - 'God'
• *habbēṭ*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - 'look upon'
• *pənê*: masculine plural noun construct - 'face of'
• *məšîḥekā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - 'your anointed'

Word Meanings

• *māginnēnû*: our shield/our protector/our defense
• *rəʾēh*: see/look/behold
• *habbēṭ*: look upon/behold/consider
• *pənê*: face/presence/person
• *məšîḥekā*: your anointed one/your messiah/your chosen one

Referenced Verses

• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
• Ps 26:8-9 : 8 Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood; 10 In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.
• Ps 63:2 : 2 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.
• Ps 141:4-5 : 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties. 5 Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
• Ps 17:14-15 : 14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.
• Phil 3:20 : 20 For our citizenship is in heaven; {G1537} whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
• Rom 8:5-6 : 5 For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
• Ps 43:3-4 : 3 Oh send out thy light and thy truth; Let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
• Luke 2:46 : 46 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
• Ps 84:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
• Jas 2:3 : 3 and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, {G846} Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit {G5602} under my footstool;