Psalms 85:10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
In Context
9Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
11Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth;
Psalms 89:14Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face.
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Isaiah 45:24Only in the LORD, shall one say unto me, is righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come, and all they that were incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute judgment and justice in the land.
Luke 1:54He hath holpen Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
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 →