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Psalm 85

Psa. 85:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Truth
'emeth (Hebrew #571)
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
KJV usage: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
Pronounce: eh'-meth
Origin: contracted from 539
shall spring out
tsamach (Hebrew #6779)
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Pronounce: tsaw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
; and righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
shall look down
shaqaph (Hebrew #8259)
properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)
KJV usage: appear, look (down, forth, out).
Pronounce: shaw-kaf'
Origin: a primitive root
from heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
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)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Truth.
Isa. 4:2• 2In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. (Isa. 4:2)
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Isa. 45:8• 8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it. (Isa. 45:8)
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Isa. 53:2• 2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Isa. 53:2)
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John 14:6• 6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)
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1 John 5:20‑21• 20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
 21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. (1 John 5:20‑21)
righteousness.
Isa. 42:21• 21The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable. (Isa. 42:21)
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Matt. 3:17• 17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Matt. 3:17)
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Matt. 17:5• 5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. (Matt. 17:5)
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Luke 2:14• 14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. (Luke 2:14)
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2 Cor. 5:21• 21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Cor. 5:21)
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Eph. 1:6• 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (Eph. 1:6)
• Truth springs out of the earth; i.e., for Israel all promised is accomplished there. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 85-87” by J.N. Darby)
• But in all cases righteousness looks down from heaven. It is not for Israel or for us, righteousness looking up from earth to claim blessing from heaven. He has established righteousness in the very heavens. Christ is there. He is there by the righteousness of God. The righteousness was a divine, heavenly righteousness; He having glorified God, is glorified with God, and in Him, and that is divine righteousness. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 85-87” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.11-12} They had asked to be “revived” (vs. 6); they hear that truth shall spring out of the earth, once marked by corruption; and righteousness will rule from heaven bringing forth goodness and plenty, where there had been only evil and want. (“Psalms 85” by H. Smith)
• They learn as a result that Christ’s finished work on the cross is the foundation for the blessings of the Kingdom and is theirs to enjoy (vs. 11-13). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.