Psalms 85:11

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Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].	Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.	Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Truth^H571 shall spring out^H6779 of the earth^H776; and righteousness^H6664 shall look down^H8259 from heaven^H8064.

Original Hebrew

חֶסֶד־וֶאֱמֶת נִפְגָּשׁוּ צֶדֶק וְשָׁלֹום נָשָׁקוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
חֶֽסֶד	che.sed-	H2617	HNcmsa	covenant loyalty
וֶ/אֱמֶ֥ת	ve./'e.Met	H571	HC/Ncfsa	and/ faithfulness
נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ	nif.Ga.shu	H6298	HVNp3cp	they meet together
צֶ֖דֶק	Tze.dek	H6664	HNcmsa	righteousness
וְ/שָׁל֣וֹם	ve./sha.Lom	H7965	HC/Ncmsa	and/ peace
נָשָֽׁקוּ	na.Sha.ku	H5401	HVqp3cp	they kiss

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H571 — אֶמֶת (ʼemeth, eh'-meth): contracted from אָמַן; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness; assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H6664 — צֶדֶק (tsedeq, tseh'-dek): from צָדַק; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity; [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
H6779 — צָמַח (tsâmach, tsaw-makh'): a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
H8259 — שָׁקַף (shâqaph, shaw-kaf'): a primitive root; properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle); appear, look (down, forth, out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H2617 — חֵסֵד (chêçêd, kheh'-sed): from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
H5401 — נָשַׁק (nâshaq, naw-shak'): a primitive root (identical with נָשַׂק, through the idea of fastening up; compare חָזַק, חָשַׁק); to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons; armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.
H6298 — פָּגַשׁ (pâgash, paw-gash'): a primitive root; to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur; meet (with, together).
H7965 — שָׁלוֹם (shâlôwm, shaw-lome'): or שָׁלֹם; from שָׁלַם; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace; [idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] wholly.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

righteousness — Isaiah 42:21, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5, Luke 2:14, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Ephesians 1:6
Truth — Isaiah 4:2, Isaiah 45:8, Isaiah 53:2, John 14:6, 1 John 5:20-21

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