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Psalms 84:5
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How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,In whose heart are the highways to Zion!
How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion!
Blessed is that man whose strength is in thee: [thy] wayes are in their heart.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee,—they, in whose heart are the highways.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in You; Your ways are in their hearts.
Great blessings belong to those who depend on you for strength! Their heart's desire is to make the trip to your Temple.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; Who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee: in whose heart are the wayes of them:
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Blessed are ye men whose stregth is in ye, in whose herte are yt wayes.
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!
Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Blessed is [the] man whose strength is in you; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion].
Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].
How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
You bless all who depend on you for their strength and all who deeply desire to visit your temple.
How happy are those who live in your house; they never cease to praise you! (Selah)
Blessed is the man, whose strength is in thee, and in whose heart are thy wayes.
Blessed is the man whose help is from thee; in whose heart are thy ways.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; Who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they are ever praising Thee. Selah
How happy is the man whose strength is in You and in whose heart are the roads to Zion!
Wouldest thou be angry with us for ever? or wilt thou continue thy wrath from generation to generation?
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
How happy the men whose strength is in thee, Festive processions are in their heart.
(83-6) Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,
Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; in their heart are the highways to Zion.
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Blessed is the person whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the roads to Zion!
Happy are those whose strength comes from you, who want to travel to Jerusalem.
How happy are those whose strength comes from you, who are eager to make the pilgrimage to Mount Zion.
Happy are the people whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
Blessid is the man, whos help is of thee; he hath disposid stiyngis in his herte,
O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways [are] in their heart.
Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Contextual Overview
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven's Armies. 2 I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord . With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God. 3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O Lord of Heaven's Armies, my King and my God! 4 What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. Interlude 5 What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord , who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. 6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. 7 They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
strength: Psalms 28:7, Psalms 28:8, Isaiah 45:24, Zechariah 10:12, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 4:13
in whose: Psalms 40:8, Psalms 42:4, Psalms 55:14, Isaiah 26:9, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 50:4, Jeremiah 50:5, Micah 4:2
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 18:6 - and come with 2 Chronicles 11:16 - And after Psalms 8:2 - strength Psalms 86:16 - give Jeremiah 31:21 - set thine Hosea 14:9 - and the
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, e.] Or, "for thee", as some choose to render the words who have bodily strength from the Lord, for his worship and service, to go up to his house, and serve him: this, with what follows in the two next verses, seem to refer to the males in Israel going up from different parts of the land to Jerusalem to worship, who had strength so to do; when the women and children, for want thereof, stayed at home, which was their infelicity, as it was the happiness of the males that they had ability for such a journey and service: the Targum is,
"whose strength is in thy Word;''
the essential Word, the Messiah, who have spiritual strength in and from him; see Isaiah 45:24, without this there is no heart to go up to the house of God; and this will carry through a great deal of bodily weakness; and by it saints overcome the temptations of Satan to the contrary, and perform the several duties of religion:
in whose heart are the ways of them; or "thy ways" x; the ways of God, the ways of Zion, the ways to the house of God; who have these ways at heart, who ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherwards; who have not only ability, but inclination and readiness of mind, to walk in them; whose hearts are bent upon them, regarding no objection, difficulty, and discouragement; who stir up themselves and others to go up to the house of God, and are heartily desirous of being taught his ways, and walking in them, and take great pleasure and delight therein; they are ways of pleasantness and paths of peace to them; the word properly signifies "highways" y, ways cast up. Some render it "ascensions in his heart" z; the affections of whose heart go up to God, like pillars of smoke perfumed with frankincense, are after God, his ways and worship, and are set on things above.
x "Semitae tuae", Tigurine version; so Kimchi. y מסלות "viae stratae", Montanus, Cocceius. z "Ascensiones in corde suo", V. L. so Sept.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee - Not merely are they blessed who dwell there permanently, but the man also whose heart is there; who feels that his strength is in God alone who loves to go there when opportunity is afforded him, treading his way to Zion. The idea is, that all strength must come from God; that this Strength is to be obtained by waiting on him (compare the notes at Isaiah 40:31), and that, therefore, it is a privilege thus to wait on God. Compare Psalms 84:7.
In whose heart are the ways of them - literally, “The ways in their heart.” DeWette renders this, “Who thinketh on the ways, or paths, to Jerusalem.” The word “ways” may refer either to the ways or paths that lead to the place of worship, or the ways to God and to heaven. As the allusion, however, is evidently to those who were accustomed to go up to the place of public worship, the meaning is, that the man is blessed or happy whose heart is on those ways; who thinks on them; who makes preparation for going up; who purposes thus to go up to worship. The sense is enfeebled in our translation by the insertion of the words “of them.” The literal translation is better: “The ways, that is, the paths, the going up, the journey, to the place of public worship, are in their heart.” Their affections; their thoughts are there. The word rendered ways, means commonly a raised way, a highway, but it may refer to any public path. It would be applicable to what we call a turnpike (road), as a way thrown up for public use. The allusion is to the ways or paths by which the people commonly went up to the place of public worship; and the idea may be well expressed in the language of Watts:
“I love her gates, I love the road.”
The sentiment thus expressed finds a response in thousands of hearts: in the happiness - the peace - the joy - with which true worshippers go to the house of God. In the mind of the writer of the psalm this would have an additional beauty and attractiveness as being associated with the thought of the multitudes thronging that path - the groups - the companies - the families - that crowded the way to the place of public worship on their great festal occasions.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 84:5. The man whose strength is in thee —
"Who life and strength from thee derives;
And by thee moves and in thee lives."
In whose heart are the ways of them — This is no sense. The original, however, is obscure: מסלות בלבבם mesilloth bilebabam, "the high ways are in their hearts;" that is, the roads winding to thy temple. Perhaps there is a reference here to the high roads leading to the cities of refuge. We wish to escape from the hands and dominion of these murderers, and the roads that lead to Jerusalem and the temple we think on with delight; our hearts are with them, we long to be travelling on them.
