Blessed are those whose strength(A) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(B)

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5-7 And how blessed all those in whom you live,
    whose lives become roads you travel;
They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks,
    discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain!
God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and
    at the last turn—Zion! God in full view!

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Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You,
In [a]whose heart are the highways to Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:5 Lit their.

What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord,
    who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

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Blessed are those whose strength(A) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(B)
As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;(C)
    the autumn(D) rains also cover it with pools.[a]
They go from strength to strength,(E)
    till each appears(F) before God in Zion.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:6 Or blessings

5-7 And how blessed all those in whom you live,
    whose lives become roads you travel;
They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks,
    discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain!
God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and
    at the last turn—Zion! God in full view!

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Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You,
In [a]whose heart are the highways to Zion.

Passing through the Valley of Weeping ([b]Baca), they make it a place of springs;
The early rain also covers it with blessings.

They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];
Each of them appears before God in Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:5 Lit their.
  2. Psalm 84:6 Possibly a kind of plant.

What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord,
    who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,[a]
    it will become a place of refreshing springs.
    The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
They will continue to grow stronger,
    and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 84:6 Or Valley of Poplars; Hebrew reads valley of Baca.
  2. 84:7 Hebrew Zion.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley (A)of [a]Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with [b]pools.
They go (B)from strength to strength;
[c]Each one (C)appears before God in Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:6 Lit. Weeping
  2. Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
  3. Psalm 84:7 LXX, Syr., Vg. The God of gods shall be seen