Psalms 85:10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Psalms 85:10 in other translations
| BSB | Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed. |
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| WEB | Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. |
| ASV | Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. |
| YLT | Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed, |
| DARBY | Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other: |
| BBE | Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss. |
| Webster | Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. |
What does Psalms 85:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 85:8-13
Sooner or later, God will speak peace to his people. If he do not command outward peace, yet he will suggest inward peace; speaking to their hearts by his Spirit. Peace is spoken only to those who turn from sin. All sin is folly, especially backsliding; it is the greatest folly to return to sin. Surely God's salvation is nigh, whatever our difficulties and distresses are. Also, his honour is secured, that glory may…
Psalms 85:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 85:10
- Proverbs 3:3
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
- Psalms 89:14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
- John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- Isaiah 32:16-18
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
- Psalms 100:5
For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
- Psalms 72:3
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
- Romans 5:21
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Isaiah 45:24
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
- Micah 7:20
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
- Hebrews 7:2
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
- Romans 3:25-26
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
- Romans 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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- Psalms 85:9
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
- Psalms 85:10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
- Psalms 85:11
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Psalms 85:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La misericordia y la verdad se encontraron: la justicia y la paz se besaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Certainement, son salut est près de ceux qui le craignent, afin que la gloire demeure dans notre pays. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Güte und Wahrheit sind sich begegnet, Gerechtigkeit und Friede haben sich geküßt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quoniam magnus es tu, et faciens mirabilia; tu es Deus solus. |