Psalm 85:11

Translations

Modern

Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

Traditional

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

Literal

Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from the heavens.

Latin

Veritas de terra orta est, et justitia de cælo prospexit.

Original

Hebrew

English

Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

Notes

Psalms 85:10–13

In the renewed world of salvation, all the qualities of God’s care (love, truth, righteousness, and peace) come together. They transform creation and make it new (see Isaiah 32:15–20).

Psalms 85:1–13

The psalmist leads the community that returned from exile in a lament and a prayer for complete restoration:

He remembers how God rescued Israel from exile (Psalm 85:1–3),
asks for clearer signs of God’s goodness, and
leads the people in prayer for full renewal (Psalm 85:4–7).

God answers with a message of peace (Psalm 85:8–9). The psalm ends with a poetic description of the greatness of God’s salvation (85:10–13).

Related verses

John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Isaiah 45:8
Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
1 John 5:20–21
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Matthew 17:5
While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
Isaiah 42:21
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
Isaiah 53:2
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
Ephesians 1:6
…to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Isaiah 4:2
On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
Matthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
Luke 2:14
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

Glossary

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Topics

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