¹⁰ Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper^(A) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

⁴ One thing^(A) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,^(B)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.

⁸ Lord, I love^(A) the house where you live,
    the place where your glory dwells.^(B)
9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners,
    my life with those who are bloodthirsty,^(C)
10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,^(D)
    whose right hands are full of bribes.^(E)

² I have seen you in the sanctuary^(A)
    and beheld your power and your glory.^(B)