Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
- BSB Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
- 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 trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
- 2 Cor 12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
- Zech 10:12And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
- Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
- Mic 4:2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us 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 will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- Ps 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
- Ps 55:14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
- Jer 50:4–5In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
- Jer 31:33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Ps 42:4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
- Ps 122:1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
- Ps 81:1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
- Isa 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
- Jer 31:6For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
- Isa 45:24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
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