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Psalm 84:5
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
3Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King, and my God.
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
6Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
7They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
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A heart set on pilgrimage joins desire with dependence: these travelers want to reach God's house, and their strength for the road is in God.
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Psalm 28:7–8The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.Both psalms name God as the source of strength and describe a heart directed toward him.
2 Corinthians 12:9He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that …Both passages locate strength in divine help; Paul speaks of Christ's power resting on him in weakness.
Zechariah 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD. They will walk up and down in his name,” says the LORD.Strength in the LORD accompanies movement in both passages: pilgrimage in the psalm and walking in his name in Zechariah.
Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.Both passages speak of strength received from God, with Paul naming Christ as the one who strengthens him.
Psalm 40:8I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”The heart is directed toward God in both psalms, through desire for pilgrimage here and delight in his will there.
Micah 4:2Many nations will go and say, “Come! Let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we …Both passages describe travel toward God's house, with Zion named as the destination in Psalm 84's surrounding lines and Micah.
Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the LORD: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will …Both passages speak of the heart's relation to God, though Jeremiah describes God's law written there and Psalm 84 describes desire for pilgrimage.
Psalm 55:14We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.Pilgrimage toward God's house in Psalm 84 shares a setting with the remembered walk in God's house in Psalm 55.
Jeremiah 50:4–5“In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way …Both passages describe people traveling toward God, and Psalm 84's surrounding lines share Jeremiah's mention of weeping along the way.
Psalm 42:4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a …Both psalms describe going to God's house, though Psalm 42 recalls a past gathering and Psalm 84 blesses those intent on pilgrimage.
Isaiah 26:9With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are on the earth, the …Both passages describe an inward desire directed toward God: a heart set on pilgrimage and a soul seeking him.
Isaiah 45:24They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in the LORD.’” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.Both passages locate strength in the LORD and describe people coming toward him.
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The blessing reaches those still on the road to God's house. You do not have to mistake weariness for exclusion; the strength named here is found in God.
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