who serve in the Lord’s temple, in the courts of the temple of our God.

Planted in the Lord’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.

Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his courts!

in the courts of the Lord’s temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house – your holy palace.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!

I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.