Psalms 84:11
Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
10Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
12Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven.
Cross References
Genesis 15:1And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.
Psalms 3:3Many say concerning my soul, There is no deliverance for him in his God. + 3:3 The word Διάψαλμα (Selah) has been rendered Pause, as most intelligible to the English reader.Pause.
Psalms 27:1A Psalm of David. To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit.
Psalms 47:9As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause.
Psalms 85:12I will give thee thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify thy name for ever.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 84:9-12
Delight in God's Ordinances. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in… Read the whole commentary →