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. (Psalm 84: 5-6)
The Baca valley or vale of weeping is a place most of us know.
The psalmist insists that if we depend on our inner and higher strength we will get through this valley. We will not only get through our troubles, but we will transform them from desert into a place of flowing water.
Then the psalmist adds a wonderful phrase.
Maybe he was just in need for a running rhyme. In the Hebrew atah barakah - covers with blessing - nicely echoes emeq baca or Baca Valley. But the Hebrew for early rain can also mean teacher and the word for pool is as often translated as blessing.
The phrase can be read: the teacher wraps you in blessing. A valley of tears can also be a place of great teaching and in Hebrew baca means weeping in sorrow or in joy.
The Baca valley or vale of weeping is a place most of us know.
The psalmist insists that if we depend on our inner and higher strength we will get through this valley. We will not only get through our troubles, but we will transform them from desert into a place of flowing water.
Then the psalmist adds a wonderful phrase.
Maybe he was just in need for a running rhyme. In the Hebrew atah barakah - covers with blessing - nicely echoes emeq baca or Baca Valley. But the Hebrew for early rain can also mean teacher and the word for pool is as often translated as blessing.
The phrase can be read: the teacher wraps you in blessing. A valley of tears can also be a place of great teaching and in Hebrew baca means weeping in sorrow or in joy.
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