its establishment with חסד, “kindness”, or חסד and אמת, “kindness and truth (Isa. 16:5; Prov. 20:28). Similarly, we find חסד in conjunction with משפט and צדקה or in parallelism with them; for example: “He loves צדקה and משפט, the חסד of the YHWH fills the earth” (Ps. 33:5) “צדק and משפט are the foundation of your throne, חטד and אמת go before you” (Ps. 89:15); “He performs חסד, משפט and צדקה in the land” (Jer. 9:23); “… to do משפט and love תסד” (Mic. 6:8; cf. Hos. 12:7; Ps. 101:1); “And I shall betroth
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