Psalm 85:10
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חֵסֵד
chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
קָרָה
qârâh
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
נָשַׁק
nâshaq
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
Key Terms in This Verse
נָשַׁק nâshaq
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
Study H5401 →קָרָה qârâh
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
Study H7136 →חֵסֵד chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Study H2617 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Study H7965 →Cross References
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
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.
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;
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
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