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Psalm 85:9-11
New English Translation
Psalm 85:9-11
New English Translation
9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance;[a]
then his splendor will again appear in our land.[b]
10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet;[c]
deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.[d]
11 Faithfulness grows from the ground,
and deliverance looks down from the sky.[e]
Footnotes
- Psalm 85:9 tn Heb “certainly his deliverance [is] near to those who fear him.”
- Psalm 85:9 tn Heb “to dwell, glory, in our land.” “Glory” is the subject of the infinitive. The infinitive with ל (lamed), “to dwell,” probably indicates result here (“then”). When God delivers his people and renews his relationship with them, he will once more reveal his royal splendor in the land.
- Psalm 85:10 tn The psalmist probably uses the perfect verbal forms in v. 10 in a dramatic or rhetorical manner, describing what he anticipates as if it were already occurring or had already occurred.
- Psalm 85:10 sn Deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. The psalmist personifies these abstract qualities to emphasize that God’s loyal love and faithfulness will yield deliverance and peace for his people.
- Psalm 85:11 sn The psalmist already sees undeniable signs of God’s faithfulness and expects deliverance to arrive soon.
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