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Psalm 84:6
Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
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.
8LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
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The valley keeps its name, Weeping, even as springs and autumn rain fill the scene, leaving room for sorrow and blessing within the same passage.
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2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,Both passages speak of hardship with blessing in view: springs in the valley of Weeping, and glory through affliction.
John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”Both passages acknowledge trouble while speaking of help within it: springs in the valley, and peace in Jesus.
Joel 2:23“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down …Both passages describe rain as a blessing, with Joel naming the LORD as the one who sends it.
Romans 5:3–5Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;Both passages describe good emerging amid hardship: springs in the valley of Weeping, and perseverance produced through suffering.
Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.The link is broad: the psalm depicts pilgrims blessed with water, while Romans describes people victorious through the one who loved them.
Revelation 7:14I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s …Both describe people passing through hardship, though Revelation names great suffering and cleansing in the Lamb’s blood.
Psalm 68:9You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.Rain marks blessing in both psalms, watering the valley here and strengthening God’s weary inheritance in Psalm 68.
Psalm 66:10–12For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.Both use concrete images for hardship and change: a valley becoming springs, and silver undergoing refinement through God’s testing.
2 Samuel 5:22–24The Philistines came up yet again and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.The shared detail is a valley setting; Samuel describes a military threat in Rephaim, while the psalm describes pilgrims and springs.
Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.Both describe hardship along the way toward God: pilgrims cross the valley toward Zion, and disciples enter God’s Kingdom through afflictions.
2 Kings 3:17For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your …Both passages describe water filling a valley, though Kings promises water without rain and the psalm includes autumn rain.
2 Kings 3:9–20So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the …Both concern travelers and water, but the supplied Kings verse ends with thirst while the psalm describes springs and rain.
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Grief. waiting. fear for the future.
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The pilgrims draw their strength from God as they cross the valley. Its name is Weeping, and the psalm still speaks of springs and rain along their way.
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