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“Better is one day in your courts… ” An Explication of Psalm 84 In the twenty-second chapter of Revelation the author gives a brief description of what the Kingdom of heaven looks like. The river of life flows from the throne of God and of the lamb down the middle of the great street of the city (Rev. 22:1-2). Along with the river of life we know that there are streets of gold and pearly white gates where Peter is standing waiting to ask all those waiting the question of all questions. The promise of living in the Kingdom of heaven for eternity is a gift that is given to all if we choose to accept a life with Christ. In Psalm 84 the psalmist states that being in the courts of the Lord for a day is better than being anywhere else and the psalmist asks the Lord to hear his prayer so that he can be in the courts for more than one day. Psalm 84 is a relatively small psalm consisting of only twelve verses. Depending on the scholar there are different ways in which this psalm is broken up. Derek Kidner perceives the psalm to be spilt up into three stanzas all consisting of four verses. On the other hand, A.A. Anderson breaks Psalm 84 into four stanzas. The first stanza consists of three verses, the second consists