Psalms 85:13

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

12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
KJV
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
WEB
Righteousness goes before him, and prepares the way for his steps.
ASV
Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in]. Psalm 86 A Prayer of David
DARBY
Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps on the way.
BLB
Righteousness will go before Him, to prepare the way of His steps.
ÅB
Rettferd skal gå fram for hans åsyn og stadig følge i hans spor.
OTB
Rettferdighet vil gå foran Ham
Og vil forberede en vei for Hans skritt.
B1930
Rettferd skal gå frem for hans åsyn og stadig følge i hans spor.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 89:14

    Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

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  • John 13:34

    A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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  • 1 John 2:6

    He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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  • 1 Peter 2:18–24

    Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

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  • 1 Peter 4:1

    Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

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  • Isaiah 58:8

    Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:18

    But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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  • Galatians 2:20

    I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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