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.
Read in contextJohn 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.
Read in context1 John 2:6
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Read in context1 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.
Read in context1 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;
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in context2 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.
Read in contextGalatians 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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