Bible Strands
Psalms 85:10
Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the community, anticipating God’s salvation near to those who fear Him and His glory dwelling in the land.
The words — The text pairs chesed (covenant loyalty) and emet (faithfulness) with nifgashu (they meet together), then links tsedaqah (righteousness) and shalom (peace) with nashaku (they kiss).
The thread — This specific chesed and emet pairing recurs in Proverbs 3:3 and Psalms 89:14, while Psalms 100:5 couples chesed with emunah.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to align their covenant loyalty and faithfulness with divine righteousness and peace, treating these attributes as active, intersecting realities rather than isolated virtues.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 3:3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Psalms 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
- Psalms 100:5 For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
- Isaiah 32:16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
- John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- Psalms 72:3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
- Romans 5:21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Isaiah 45:24 Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
- Micah 7:20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
- Romans 3:25 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.