Psalm 84:10 (BSB)

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

From Psalms 84. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 84:10

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 84:1-12: PSALM 84 The Psalmist complains that nothing proved to him a source of greater distress than his being prevented from coming to the tabernacle, and his being banished from the assembly of the saints, where God was called upon. And yet he shows, that nothing can withstand the longing desires of the godly; and that, surmounting all obstacles, they will be constantly engaged in seeking...
• C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 84:10: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. Of course the psalmist means a thousand days spent elsewhere. Under the most favourable circumstances in which earth's pleasures can be enjoyed, they are not comparable by so much as one in a thousand to the delights of the service of God.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 84:8-12: Here, I. The psalmist prays for audience and acceptance with God, not mentioning particularly what he desired God would do for him. He needed to say no more when he had professed such an affectionate esteem for the ordinances of God, which now he was restrained and banished from.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 84:10: For the Lord God is a sun and shield,.... Christ is "the sun of righteousness", and it is in the house of God that he arises upon his people with healing in his wings, Mal 4:2 he is like the sun, the great light, the fountain of light, the light of the world, that dispels darkness, makes day, and gives light to all the celestial...