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Psalm 85:9–11

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85:9Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance;11

then his splendor will again appear in our land.12

85:10Loyal love and faithfulness meet;13

deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.14

85:11Faithfulness grows from the ground,

and deliverance looks down from the sky.15

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Footnotes

  1. 11 Heb “certainly his deliverance [is] near to those who fear him.”
  2. 12 Heb “to dwell, glory, in our land.” “Glory” is the subject of the infinitive. The infinitive with -לְ (lé), “to dwell,” probably indicates result here (“then”). When God delivers his people and renews his relationship with them, he will once more reveal his royal splendor in the land.
  3. 13 The psalmist probably uses the perfect verbal forms in v. 10 in a dramatic or rhetorical manner, describing what he anticipates as if it were already occurring or had already occurred.
  4. 14 Deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. The psalmist personifies these abstract qualities to emphasize that God’s loyal love and faithfulness will yield deliverance and peace for his people.
  5. 15 The psalmist already sees undeniable signs of God’s faithfulness and expects deliverance to arrive soon.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,

that glory may dwell in our land.

Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;

righteousness and peace kiss each other.

Faithfulness springs up from the ground,

and righteousness looks down from the sky.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,

that his glory may dwell in our land.

Love and faithfulness meet together;

righteousness and peace kiss each other.

Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,

and righteousness looks down from heaven.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

His salvation is very near those who fear him,

so that glory may dwell in our land.

Faithful love and truth will join together;

righteousness and peace will embrace.

Truth will spring up from the earth,

and righteousness will look down from heaven.

NLTNew Living Translation

Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,

so our land will be filled with his glory.

Unfailing love and truth have met together.

Righteousness and peace have kissed!

Truth springs up from the earth,

and righteousness smiles down from heaven.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Surely his salvation is near for those who fear him,

that glory may abide in our land.

Loyal love and faithfulness will meet one another;

righteousness and peace will kiss.

Faithfulness will sprout from the ground,

and righteousness will look down from heaven.

KJV 1900King James Version

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him;

That glory may dwell in our land.

Mercy and truth are met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Truth shall spring out of the earth;

And righteousness shall look down from heaven.