 | 1830 - 106 pages
...: Give ear, O God of Jacob. 9. Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed. 10. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11. For the LORD God is a sun and shield... | |
 | Christopher Ralph Muston - 1830 - 458 pages
...tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, thev will be still praising thee. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." The preceding remarks on the nature... | |
 | Elizabeth Strutt - 1830 - 272 pages
...my king and my God. " Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be still praising thee. " 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. " For the Lord God is a sun and shield... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 632 pages
...the. swallow a nest," &c. "Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be still praising thee. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand ; I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." (Psalm Ixxxiv. 2 — 4.) It signifietl!... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 630 pages
...the swallow a nest/' &c. "Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be still praising thee. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand ; I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." (Psalm Ixxxiv. 2 — 4.) It signifieth... | |
 | 1834 - 504 pages
...SYMPATHY. Its Influence on our Life and Conduct. — For an evening's meditation, January 8, 1834. 'For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness [Heb. ] I would choose... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1831 - 216 pages
...fainteth for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God — a day in thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.* Or again, "One thing have I desired... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1831 - 232 pages
...fainteth for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God—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." 1 Or again, "One thing have I desired... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 pages
...yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord." "Blessed are they that dwell in thy house." "A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." Psa. xxvi. 8 ; xxvii. 4; xxxiv. 2,... | |
 | 1831 - 334 pages
...restlessness, and are preparing to be gone, we should hardly be entitled to credit were we to say, "A day in thy courts is better than a thousand, I had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness." When we are in society... | |
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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. 
