Psalms 85:10
(85:11) Kindness and truth are met together: righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
In Context
9(85:10) Surely, nigh is his salvation unto those that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land.
11(85:12) Truth will grow up out of the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord is the immutable, eternal Being, the omnipotent God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in beneficence and truth;
Psalms 89:14(89:15) Righteousness and justice are the prop of thy throne: kindness and truth precede thy presence.
Proverbs 3:3Let kindness and truth not forsake thee; bind them about thy throat; write them upon the table of thy heart:
Isaiah 45:24Only in the Lord,—shall men say of me,—there are righteousness and strength. Unto him shall come and be ashamed all that are incensed against him.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will raise up unto David a righteous sprout, and he shall reign as king, and prosper, and he shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 85:9-13
Divine Answer to Prayer; Blessings Given in Answer to Prayer. 8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our… Read the whole commentary →