Psalms 85:13
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Psalms 85:13 in other translations
| BSB | Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps. |
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| WEB | Righteousness goes before him, and prepares the way for his steps. |
| ASV | Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way to walk in. |
| YLT | Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way! |
| DARBY | Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps on the way. |
| BBE | Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his footsteps. |
| Webster | Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. |
What does Psalms 85:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 85:12-13
12-13. and, under this, the deserted land shall be productive, and men be "set," or guided in God's holy ways. Doubtless, in this description of God's returning favor, the writer had in view that more glorious period, when Christ shall establish His government on God's reconciled justice and abounding mercy.
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 85:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 85:13
- Psalms 89:14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
- John 13:34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- 1 John 2:6
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
- 1 Peter 2:18-24
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: …
- 1 Peter 4:1
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
- Isaiah 58:8
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
- Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
- Matthew 20:27-28
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- Hebrews 12:1-2
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Psalms 119:35
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- John 13:14-16
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
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Context
- Psalms 85:12
Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
- Psalms 85:13
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Psalms 85:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La justicia irá delante de él; y sus pasos pondrá en camino. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’ Éternel aussi donnera ce qui est bon, et notre pays rendra son fruit. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Gerechtigkeit wird vor ihm einhergehen und ihre Tritte zu seinem Wege machen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quia misericordia tua magna est super me, et eruisti animam meam ex inferno inferiori. |