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Psalms 84:6
As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist (Asaph) addresses those whose hearts are set on pilgrimage to the house of the LORD, describing their passage through the Valley of Baca.
The words — בָּכָא (ba.kha'), the valley's name, shares its root with בכה (b-k-h), "to weep," so the place itself is named for grief.
The thread — The pattern of affliction yielding to blessing recurs in 2 Corinthians 4:17, where momentary suffering produces an eternal weight of glory, and in Joel 2:23, where autumn rain is given for vindication.
Why it lands — It asks the reader to stop treating a hard season as a permanent address and recognize that the passage, however painful, is a through-route, not a destination.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
Cross-references
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- Joel 2:23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- John 16:33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- Romans 5:3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- Revelation 7:14 “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- Psalms 68:9 You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
- Psalms 66:10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
- 2 Samuel 5:22 Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Acts 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.