Happy are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
As they go through the valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
They go from strength to strength;
the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
Zion is literally "parched place". Jerusalem is very dry.
The location of the Baca or Bakkah valley is uncertain, but it literally means place of weeping. The implication is of another very dry place that is made verdant by faith.
The highway to Zion, the pathway to fulfillment, includes times of tears and infertile places.
Psalm 84
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