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## Psalms 84:13 in Context (Verses 10–12 KJV)
 
 [10 ](/kjv/psalms/84/10) 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.*
 
 [11 ](/kjv/psalms/84/11) For the LORD God *is* a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good *thing* will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/psalms/84/12) O LORD of hosts, blessed *is* the man that trusteth in thee.
 
[Psalms 83](/kjv/psalms/83) [Psalms 85](/kjv/psalms/85)

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