Psalm 85:10-13

10 Faithful love and truth^[a] will join together; righteousness and peace will embrace.

11 Truth will spring up from the earth,^[b] and righteousness will look down from heaven.

12 Also, the Lord will provide what is good, and our land will yield its crops.^[c]

13 Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.

Psalm 85:10-13 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. This psalm is generally thought to have been composed after the return of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon; and yet when they were in some distress from their neighbours, either in the times of Ezra and Nehemiah, or in the times of Antiochus; but then this deliverance from captivity must be considered as typical of redemption by Christ; for as the title of the Syriac version is, "it is a prophecy concerning Christ;" it speaks of his dwelling in the land, of his salvation being near, and of the glory of the divine perfections as displayed in it; and perhaps some parts of it may respect the conversion of the Jews in the latter day; and Aben Ezra and Kimchi say, it is concerning the captivity of Babylon, yet also of their present captivity.

Footnotes

• [a] Ps 25:10; 40:10-11; 86:15
• [b] Isa 45:8
• [c] Ps 65:12-13; Jr 31:12; Ezk 34:27
• [d] Isa 40:3,10; 46:12-13; 62:1