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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
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- Primary Witness Text: LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 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. Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
Psalm 22 stands as the supreme individual lament-to-praise psalm, with its opening cry quoted by Jesus from the cross and its crucifixion details — composed 1000 years before Rome invented crucifixion — as among the most powerful predictive prophecy evidence in Scripture.
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Psalms 85:1
Hebrew
לַמְנַצֵּחַ ׀ לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח מִזְמֽוֹר׃lamenatzecha- -liveney-qorach-mizemvor
KJV: LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
AKJV: Lord, you have been favorable to your land: you have brought back the captivity of Jacob.
ASV: Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land;
YLT: To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast accepted, O Jehovah, Thy land, Thou hast turned to the captivity of Jacob.
Exposition: Psalms 85:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:2
Hebrew
רָצִיתָ יְהוָה אַרְצֶךָ שַׁבְתָּ שבות שְׁבִית יַעֲקֹֽב׃ratziyta-yehvah-'aretzekha-shaveta-shvvt-sheviyt-ya'aqov
KJV: Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
AKJV: You have forgiven the iniquity of your people, you have covered all their sin. Selah.
ASV: Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people;
YLT: Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
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Psalms 85:2
Psalms 85:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:3
Hebrew
נָשָׂאתָ עֲוֺן עַמֶּךָ כִּסִּיתָ כָל־חַטָּאתָם סֶֽלָה׃nasha'ta-'avn-'amekha-khisiyta-khal-chata'tam-selah
KJV: Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
AKJV: You have taken away all your wrath: you have turned yourself from the fierceness of your anger.
ASV: Thou hast taken away all thy wrath;
YLT: Thou hast gathered up all Thy wrath, Thou hast turned back from the fierceness of Thine anger.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 85:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 85:3
Psalms 85:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:4
Hebrew
אָסַפְתָּ כָל־עֶבְרָתֶךָ הֱשִׁיבוֹתָ מֵחֲרוֹן אַפֶּֽךָ׃'asafeta-khal-'everatekha-heshiyvvota-mecharvon-'afekha
KJV: Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
AKJV: Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause your anger toward us to cease.
ASV: Turn us, O God of our salvation,
YLT: Turn back to us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.
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Psalms 85:4
Psalms 85:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:5
Hebrew
שׁוּבֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעֵנוּ וְהָפֵר כַּֽעַסְךָ עִמָּֽנוּ׃shvvenv-'elohey-yishe'env-vehafer-kha'asekha-'imanv
KJV: Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
AKJV: Will you be angry with us for ever? will you draw out your anger to all generations?
ASV: Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?
YLT: To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?
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Psalms 85:5
Psalms 85:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:6
Hebrew
הַלְעוֹלָם תֶּֽאֱנַף־בָּנוּ תִּמְשֹׁךְ אַפְּךָ לְדֹר וָדֹֽר׃hale'volam-te'enaf-vanv-timeshokhe-'afekha-ledor-vador
KJV: Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
AKJV: Will you not revive us again: that your people may rejoice in you?
ASV: Wilt thou not quicken us again,
YLT: Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.
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Psalms 85:6
Psalms 85:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:7
Hebrew
הֽ͏ֲלֹא־אַתָּה תָּשׁוּב תְּחַיֵּנוּ וְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂמְחוּ־בָֽךְ׃halo'-'atah-tashvv-techayenv-ve'amekha-yishemechv-vakhe
KJV: Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
AKJV: Show us your mercy, O LORD, and grant us your salvation.
ASV: Show us thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah,
YLT: Show us, O Jehovah, thy kindness, And Thy salvation Thou dost give to us.
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Psalms 85:7
Psalms 85:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:8
Hebrew
הַרְאֵנוּ יְהוָה חַסְדֶּךָ וְיֶשְׁעֲךָ תִּתֶּן־לָֽנוּ׃hare'env-yehvah-chasedekha-veyeshe'akha-titen-lanv
KJV: I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
AKJV: I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
ASV: I will hear what God Jehovah will speak;
YLT: I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 85:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 85:8
Psalms 85:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:9
Hebrew
אֶשְׁמְעָה מַה־יְדַבֵּר הָאֵל ׀ יְהוָה כִּי ׀ יְדַבֵּר שָׁלוֹם אֶל־עַמּוֹ וְאֶל־חֲסִידָיו וְֽאַל־יָשׁוּבוּ לְכִסְלָֽה׃'esheme'ah-mah-yedaver-ha'el- -yehvah-khiy- -yedaver-shalvom-'el-'amvo-ve'el-chasiydayv-ve'al-yashvvv-lekhiselah
KJV: Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
AKJV: Surely his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
ASV: Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him,
YLT: Only, near to those fearing Him is His salvation, That honour may dwell in our land.
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Psalms 85:9
Psalms 85:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:10
Hebrew
אַךְ ׀ קָרוֹב לִירֵאָיו יִשְׁעוֹ לִשְׁכֹּן כָּבוֹד בְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃'akhe- -qarvov-liyre'ayv-yishe'vo-lishekhon-khavvod-ve'aretzenv
KJV: Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
AKJV: Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
ASV: Mercy and truth are met together;
YLT: Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,
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Psalms 85:10
Psalms 85:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:11
Hebrew
חֶֽסֶד־וֶאֱמֶת נִפְגָּשׁוּ צֶדֶק וְשָׁלוֹם נָשָֽׁקוּ׃chesed-ve'emet-nifegashv-tzedeq-veshalvom-nashaqv
KJV: Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
AKJV: Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
ASV: Truth springeth out of the earth;
YLT: Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,
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Psalms 85:11
Psalms 85:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 85:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:12
Hebrew
אֱמֶת מֵאֶרֶץ תִּצְמָח וְצֶדֶק מִשָּׁמַיִם נִשְׁקָֽף׃'emet-me'eretz-titzemach-vetzedeq-mishamayim-nisheqaf
KJV: Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
AKJV: Yes, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
ASV: Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good;
YLT: Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase.
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Psalms 85:12
Psalms 85:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 85:12
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Psalms 85:12
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Yea
Exposition: Psalms 85:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 85:13
Hebrew
גַּם־יְהוָה יִתֵּן הַטּוֹב וְאַרְצֵנוּ תִּתֵּן יְבוּלָֽהּ׃gam-yehvah-yiten-hatvov-ve'aretzenv-titen-yevvlah
KJV: Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
AKJV: Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
ASV: Righteousness shall go before him,
YLT: Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 85:13Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 85:13
Psalms 85:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 85:13
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Psalms 85:13
Exposition: Psalms 85:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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This chapter now surfaces commentary as quoted witness material with an explicit citation trail. The index below gathers the canonical references and named authorities detected inside the commentary layer for faster academic review.
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Generated editorial witnesses
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Psalms 85:1
- Psalms 85:2
- Psalms 85:3
- Psalms 85:4
- Psalms 85:5
- Psalms 85:6
- Psalms 85:7
- Psalms 85:8
- Psalms 85:9
- Psalms 85:10
- Psalms 85:11
- Psalms 85:12
- Psalms 85:13
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Jacob
- Selah
- Yea
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Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 85:1
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 85:1
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness