Psalms Chapter 84 verse 5 Holy Bible
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways `to Zion'.
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Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
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Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, -- they, in whose heart are the highways.
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Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
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Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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Blessed are those whose strength is in you; Who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
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O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways `are' in their heart.
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Psalms 84 : 5 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee. God is the "Strength" of all who trust in him. The psalmist seems to mean that mere dwelling in the house of God is not enough for blessedness. Trust in God - having God for one's Strength - is also requisite (comp. ver. 12). In whose heart are the ways of them; literally, in whose heart are highways. The "highways" intended are probably those of holiness (comp. Proverbs 16:17 and Isaiah 35:8).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5-7) In these verses, as in the analogous picture (Isaiah 35:6-8; comp. Hosea 2:15-16), there is a blending of the real and the figurative; the actual journey towards Sion is represented as accompanied with ideal blessings of peace and refreshment. It is improbable that the poet would turn abruptly from the description of the swallows in the Temple to what looks like a description of a real journey, with a locality, or at all events a district, which was well known, introduced by its proper name, and yet intend only a figurative reference. On the other hand, it is quite in the Hebrew manner to mix up the ideal with the actual, and to present the spiritual side by side with the literal. We have, then, here recorded the actual experience of a pilgrim's route. But quite naturally and correctly has the world seen in it a description of the pilgrimage of life, and drawn from it many a sweet and consoling lesson.(5) Blessed is the man.--Or collective, men, as the suffix, their hearts, shows.Ways.--From a root meaning to cast up--and so highways marked by the heaps of stone piled up at the side (Isaiah 57:14). In Jeremiah 18:15 mere footways or bypaths are contrasted, and so the highway lends itself as a metaphor for the way of peace and righteousness (Proverbs 12:28), as it is taken here by the Chaldee and some modern expositors. But this moral intention is secondary to the actual desire to join the pilgrim band towards Sion, and this the verse describes in words which are echoed exactly in our own Chaucer: . . .
