Psalms 85:11

85:10 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.

KJV

Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

What does Psalms 85:11 mean?

Psalms 85:11 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֶמֶת (ʼemeth), צָמַח (tsâmach), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets).

Hebrew interlinear

Truthאֶמֶתʼemeth/eh'-meth/H571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

shall

spring

outצָמַחtsâmach/tsaw-makh'/H6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

the

earth;אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

and

righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedeq/tseh'-dek/H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity

shall

look

downשָׁקַףshâqaph/shaw-kaf'/H8259properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)

from

heaven.שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 85:11.

Isaiah 45:8

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Psalms 147:8

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 85:11 say?

Psalms 85:11 (King James Version) reads: "Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven."

Is Psalms 85:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 85:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

Reflect

As you read Psalms 85:11, what is one truth here you can carry into today?

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