Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
Parallel translations
- WEB Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
- KJV Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
- NKJV Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
- NASB ¶Blessed is the person whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the roads to Zion!
- NLT What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
Blessed are those whose strength is in God and whose hearts are set on pilgrimage to Him. True strength and direction come from finding God as our hope.
Overview
The second beatitude blesses those who draw their strength from God and have set their hearts on the journey to His presence. The pilgrimage to Zion pictures the believer's whole life as a journey toward God. Those who rely on God rather than themselves are sustained all the way home, a path opened fully through Christ.
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Cross-references · 15
- Ps 28:7–8The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
- 2 Cor 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Zech 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
- Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Mic 4:2And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- Ps 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
- Ps 55:14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
- Jer 50:4–5“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
- Jer 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Ps 42:4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
- Ps 122:1A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
- Ps 81:1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
- Isa 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
- Jer 31:6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
- Isa 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
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