the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
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Psalms 84:7
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They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength; The God of gods will be seen in Zion.
The people get stronger as they go, and everyone meets with God in Jerusalem.
They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; Each of them appears before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
For the yyuer of the lawe schal yyue blessyng, thei schulen go fro vertu in to vertu; God of goddis schal be seyn in Sion.
They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
Your people grow stronger, and you, the God of gods, will be seen in Zion.
They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
Passing through the [dry] Baka Valley, they make it a place of springs, and the early rain clothes it with blessings.
They go from strength to strength: [each one] will appear before God in Zion.
The people travel from town to town on their way to Zion, where they will meet with God.
Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs;
They goe from strength to strength: euery one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
They go from strength to strength. Every one of them stands before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
They goe from strength to strength, till euery one appeare before God in Zion.
They shall go from strength to strength; the God of gods shall be seen in Zion.
They grow stronger as they go; they will see the God of gods on Zion.
They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.
(83-8) For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.
They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
They wyl set forward fro a stoute courage to a stoute courage: that the God of Gods may be seene of them in Sion.
Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.
They go from strength to strength;each appears before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Tziyon.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength, being seen in Zion before God.
They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength and so the God of Gods apeareth vnto the in Sion.
They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength;Each one appears before God in Zion. [fn]
They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength,Each one of them appears before God in 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
They: Job 17:9, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 40:31, John 15:2, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Peter 3:18
strength to strength: Heb. company to company, Luke 2:24
in Zion: Psalms 43:3, Deuteronomy 16:16, Isaiah 46:13, Jeremiah 31:6, Zechariah 14:16, John 6:39, John 14:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 32:10 - two bands Exodus 23:17 - General Exodus 34:23 - Thrice Deuteronomy 31:11 - to appear 2 Samuel 3:1 - David waxed 2 Chronicles 30:13 - there assembled Psalms 29:11 - give Psalms 122:2 - General Proverbs 10:29 - way Proverbs 24:5 - increaseth strength Isaiah 35:10 - and come Jeremiah 50:5 - ask Ezekiel 46:9 - come before Hosea 14:9 - and the Acts 9:22 - increased Romans 3:3 - faith 2 Thessalonians 1:3 - your
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They go from strength to strength,.... Whose strength is in the Lord, and in whose heart are his ways, and who pass through the valley of Baca, and find a well of supply, and pools of blessings there; they renew their spiritual strength; they grow stronger and stronger every step they take; the way of the Lord is strength unto them: or "from army to army", or "from company to company" d, as Kimchi, alluding to the companies in which they went up to the feasts; see Luke 2:44 when those who were more zealous, or more able to undergo journeys, would outgo the rest, and first overtake one company, and then another, and get to Zion first: or from victory to victory: first overcoming one enemy, and then another, as sin, Satan, and the world, being more than conquerors through him that has loved them: or "from doctrine to doctrine" e; being led first into one truth, and then into another, as they were able to bear them; and so following on to know the Lord, and increasing in the knowledge of him: or "from class to class" f; from the lower to an higher form in the school of Christ; so Jarchi interprets it, from school to school; and the Targum, from the sanctuary to the school; compare with this Romans 1:17
everyone of them in Zion appeareth before God; three times in the year, but not empty, Exodus 34:20 so the saints appear before God in his church below, presenting their persons, souls and bodies, prayers and praises, as holy and spiritual sacrifices unto him; than which nothing is more desirable to them. This is the wished for happiness, and the issue of their travel, toil, and labour; see
Psalms 42:2, and they shall appear before him, and in his presence, in the, church above; when Christ shall appear, they shall appear with him in glory, and be like him, and see him as he is; even everyone of them, not one shall be wanting; because he is great in power, not one of them shall fail; and he will present them to his Father, saying,
lo, I and the children thou hast given me: some render the words, "the God of gods will appear", or "be seen in Zion" g; there Jehovah manifests himself, and grants his gracious presence; this is the mount of the Lord, in which he is and shall be seen, Genesis 22:14.
d מחיל אל חיל "de exercitu in exercitum", Pagninus; so Piscator, Junius Tremellius "de turma ad turmam": Vatablus, Cocceius. e "De doctrina ad doctrinam", so some in Vatablus. f "Ex cohorte, vel classe rudiorum et infirmiorum, ad classem adultiorum", Gussetius, p. 725. g יראה אל אלהים בציון "videbitur Deus deorum in Sijon", Pagninus Montanus; "videtur Deus deorum in Sion", Musculus; so Sept. and Eth.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They go from strength to strength ... - Margin,” company to company.” The Septuagint and Vulgate, “They go from strength to strength; the God of gods is seen in Zion.” Luther, “They obtain one victory after another, that one must see that there is a righteous God in Zion.” DeWette, “Going they increase in strength, until they appear before God in Zion.” This last is doubtless the true idea. As they pass along, as they come nearer and nearer to the end of their journey, their strength, their ardor, their firmness of purpose increases. By their conversation; by their songs; by encouraging one another; by seeing one difficulty overcome after another; by the fact kept before their minds, and increasingly apparent, that they are constantly approaching the end of their journey - that the distance to be traveled is constantly diminishing - that the difficulties become less and less, and that they will soon see the towers and walls of the desired city - they are invigorated, cheered, comforted. What a beautiful illustration of the life of Christian pilgrims - of the bands of the redeemed - as they journey on toward the end of their course - the Mount Zion above! By prayer and praise and mutual counsel, by their songs, by the fact that difficulties are surmounted, leaving fewer to be overcome, and that the journey to be traveled is diminishing constantly - by the feeling that they are ever drawing nearer to the Zion of their home, until the light is seen to glitter and play on its towers and walls - they increase in strength, they become more confirmed in their purposes, they bear trials better, they overcome difficulties more easily, they walk more firmly, they tread their way more cheerfully and triumphantly.
Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God - literally, “He shall appear to God in Zion.” The meaning evidently is, that they who are referred to in the previous verses as going up to Zion will be seen there, or will come before God, in the place of worship. There is a change of number here, from the plural to the singular - as, in Psalms 84:5, there is a change from the singular to the plural. Such changes are frequent in the Scriptures as in other writings, and the one here can be accounted for on the supposition that the author of the psalm, in looking upon the moving procession, at one moment may be supposed to have looked upon them as a procession - a moving mass - and then that he looked upon them as individuals, and spake of them as such. The idea here is, that they would not falter and fall by the way; that the cheerful, joyous procession would come to the desired place; that their wishes would be gratified, and that their joy would be full when they came to the end of their journey - to Zion. So it is of all Christian pilgrims. Every true believer - everyone that truly loves God - will appear before him in the upper Zion - in heaven. There their joy will be complete; there the long-cherished desires of their hearts will be fully gratified; there all that they ever hoped for, and more, will be realized.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 84:7. They go from strength to strength — They proceed from one degree of grace to another, gaining Divine virtue through all the steps of their probation.
Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. — This is a paraphrase, and a bad one, but no translation. They shall proceed from strength to strength, יראה אל אלהים בציון yeraeh el Elohim betsiyon, "The God of gods shall be seen in Zion." God shall appear in their behalf, as often as they shall seek him; in consequence of which they shall increase in spiritual strength.
Some think there is a reference here to companies of people going up to Jerusalem from different parts of the land, blending together as they go on, so that the crowd is continually increasing. This meaning our translators have put in the margin.
