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.
Ver. 10. For a day in thy courts] Every flower hath its sweetness; so hath every holy duty its comfort.
I had rather be a doorkeeper] As the Korites were, to whom this psalm was committed; and for whose encouragement this might be spoken. A doorkeeper is first in, last out; so would David be in holy assemblies. Tardy hearers would be loth to beg this office out of his hand.
In the tents of wickedness] Tentoriis vexationis, Kimchi.