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Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A psalmist (Asaph) describes the collective journey of pilgrims ascending to the house of the LORD, positioned between the transformation of the Valley of Baca (v6) and a direct prayer to the God of Hosts (v8).
The words — חַיִל (chayil, "strength") appears twice, framing the movement: the same word is both the starting point and the destination, so the verse is structurally a loop that closes on itself.
The thread — The progressive-toward-a-goal pattern recurs in Proverbs 4:18 (brightening until midday), Isaiah 40:31 (renewed strength), and 2 Corinthians 3:18 (being transformed into the same image with increasing glory).
Why it lands — The verse demands that a reader locate themselves on a trajectory: not merely enduring but moving from one capacity to the next, with the endpoint fixed at appearing before God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Job 17:9 Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
- 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- John 1:16 From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
- Psalms 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
- Psalms 43:3 Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.
- John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.