6. Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early rain also fills [the pools] with blessings.
7. They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion.
8. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
9. Behold our shield [the king as Your agent], O God, and look upon the face of Your anointed!