Psalms 85:10

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֤ךְ ׀ קָר֣וֹב לִירֵאָ֣יו יִשְׁע֑וֹ לִשְׁכֹּ֖ן כָּב֣וֹד בְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾak near to-yərēʾāyw yišʿô to-šəkōn kābôd in-ʾarṣēnû

Grammar Details

• *ʾak*: adverb/particle - surely/only/indeed
• *yərēʾāyw*: masculine plural Qal participle with 3rd person masculine singular suffix with preposition lamed - to his fearers
• *yišʿô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his salvation
• *šəkōn*: Qal infinitive construct with preposition lamed - to dwell
• *kābôd*: masculine singular noun - glory
• *ʾarṣēnû*: feminine singular noun with 1st person plural suffix with preposition bet - in our land

Word Meanings

• *ʾak*: surely/only/indeed/certainly
• *yərēʾāyw*: those who fear him/his fearers/those in awe of him
• *yišʿô*: his salvation/deliverance/victory
• *šəkōn*: to dwell/inhabit/abide/reside
• *kābôd*: glory/honor/splendor

Referenced Verses

• Ps 72:3 : 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
• Ps 89:14 : 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
• Ps 100:5 : 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
• Prov 3:3 : 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
• Isa 32:16-18 : 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
• Luke 1:54-55 : 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; 55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
• Isa 45:24 : 24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
• Luke 2:14 : 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
• John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
• Rom 3:25-26 : 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
• Rom 5:1 : 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
• Rom 5:21 : 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Heb 7:2 : 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;