Psalms 85:10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 85 connects to 10 cross-references. A Korahite communal psalm of restoration and petition. The first section recalls past forgiveness and restoration; the second pleads for present revival. The psalm anticipates a future reconciliation where steadfast love and faithfulness meet, and righteousness and peace kiss, while …
Other Translations
Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,
Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss.
Cross References
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant …
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting …
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
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.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all …
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall …