Psalm 84:5-7

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. ⁶ As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[1] ⁷ They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

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Other Translations of Psalm 84:5-7

King James Version

⁵ Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. ⁶ Who passing through the valley of Baca Baca...: or, mulberry trees make him a well, etc make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. ⁷ They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

English Standard Version

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.Hebrew lacks to Zion ⁶ As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. ⁷ They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.

The Message

⁵ And how blessed all those in whom you live, whose lives become roads you travel; ⁶ They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks, discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain! ⁷ God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and at the last turn - Zion! God in full view!

New King James Version

⁵ Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage. ⁶ As they pass through the Valley of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools. ⁷ They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion.

New Living Translation

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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 84:5-7

Commentary on Psalm 84:1-7

(Read Psalm 84:1-7)

The ordinances of God are the believer's solace in this evil world; in them he enjoys the presence of the living God: this causes him to regret his absence from them. They are to his soul as the nest to the bird. Yet they are only an earnest of the happiness of heaven; but how can men desire to enter that holy habitation, who complain of Divine ordinances as wearisome? Those are truly happy, who go forth, and go on in the exercise of religion, in the strength of the grace of Jesus Christ, from whom all our sufficiency is. The pilgrims to the heavenly city may have to pass through many a valley of weeping, and many a thirsty desert; but wells of salvation shall be opened for them, and consolations sent for their support. Those that press forward in their Christian course, shall find God add grace to their graces. And those who grow in grace, shall be perfect in glory.