Psalms 84 · Verse 5

Psalms 84:5

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Psalms 84:5, King James Version

Psalms 84:5 in other translations

BSBBlessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
WEBBlessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
ASVBlessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion.
YLTO the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways are in their heart.
DARBYBlessed is the man whose strength is in thee, — they, in whose heart are the highways.
BBEHappy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
WebsterBlessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

What does Psalms 84:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. (Compare Psa 68:28). in whose heart ... the ways--that is, who knows and loves the way to God's favor (Pr 16:17; Is 40:3, 4).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 The man whose strength is in thee - "Who life and strength from thee derives; And by thee moves and in thee lives." In whose heart are the ways of them - This is no sense. The original, however, is obscure: מסלות בלבבם mesilloth bilebabam, "the high ways are in their hearts;" that is, the roads winding to thy temple. Perhaps there is a reference here to the high roads leading to the cities of refuge. We wish to escape from the hands and dominion of these murderers, and the roads that lead to Jerusalem and the temple we think on with delight; our hearts are with them, we long to be traveiling on them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 84:1-7

The ordinances of God are the believer's solace in this evil world; in them he enjoys the presence of the living God: this causes him to regret his absence from them. They are to his soul as the nest to the bird. Yet they are only an earnest of the happiness of heaven; but how can men desire to enter that holy habitation, who complain of Divine ordinances as wearisome? Those are truly happy, who go forth, and go on…

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Psalms 84:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַשְׁרֵ֣י'ash.Reihow blessed!H835
אָ֭דָם'A.dom[is] a personH120
עֽוֹז\־'oz-[who] strengthH5797
ל֥וֹloto <the> him
בָ֑ךְVakh[is] in <the> you
מְ֝סִלּ֗וֹתme.si.Lot[whom] highwaysH4546
בִּלְבָבָֽם\׃bil.va.Vam[are] in heart theirH3824

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 84:5

  • Psalms 28:7-8

    The 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. The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:9

    And 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.

  • Zechariah 10:12

    And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

  • Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  • Psalms 40:8

    I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

  • Micah 4:2

    And 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.

  • Psalms 55:14

    We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    But 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.

  • Jeremiah 50:4-5

    In 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. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

  • Psalms 42:4

    When 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.

  • Psalms 122:1

    A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

  • Psalms 81:1

    To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
strength.
28:7,8; Isa 45:24; Zec 10:12; 2Co 12:9; Php 4:13
in whose.
40:8; 42:4; 55:14; Isa 26:9; Jer 31:33; 50:4,5; Mic 4:2

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Context

  • Psalms 84:4

    Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

  • Psalms 84:5

    Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

  • Psalms 84:6

    Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

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Psalms 84:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Bienaventurado el hombre que tiene su fortaleza en ti; en cuyo corazón están tus caminos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Bienheureux ceux qui habitent dans ta maison; ils te loueront sans cesse! Sélah.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Glückselig der Mensch, dessen Stärke in dir ist, in deren Herzen gebahnte Wege sind!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Converte nos, Deus salutaris noster, et averte iram tuam a nobis.