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Psalm 85

Sal. 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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Ministry on This Verse

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Truth.
Is. 4:2• 2En aquel tiempo el renuevo de Jehová será para hermosura y gloria, y el fruto de la tierra para grandeza y honra, á los librados de Israel. (Is. 4:2)
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Is. 45:8• 8Rociad, cielos, de arriba, y las nubes destilen la justicia; ábrase la tierra, y prodúzcanse la salud y la justicia; háganse brotar juntamente. Yo Jehová lo crié. (Is. 45:8)
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Is. 53:2• 2Y subirá cual renuevo delante de él, y como raíz de tierra seca: no hay parecer en él, ni hermosura: verlo hemos, mas sin atractivo para que le deseemos. (Is. 53:2)
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Jn. 14:6• 6Jesús le dice: Yo soy el camino, y la verdad, y la vida: nadie viene al Padre, sino por mí. (Jn. 14:6)
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1 Jn. 5:20‑21• 20Empero sabemos que el Hijo de Dios es venido, y nos ha dado entendimiento para conocer al que es verdadero: y estamos en el verdadero, en su Hijo Jesucristo. Este es el verdadero Dios, y la vida eterna.
 21Hijitos, guardaos de los ídolos. Amén. (1 Jn. 5:20‑21)
righteousness.
Is. 42:21• 21Jehová se complació por amor de su justicia en magnificar la ley y engrandecerla. (Is. 42:21)
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Mt. 3:17• 17Y he aquí una voz de los cielos que decía: Este es mi Hijo amado, en el cual tengo contentamiento. (Mt. 3:17)
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Mt. 17:5• 5Y estando aún él hablando, he aquí una nube de luz que los cubrió; y he aquí una voz de la nube, que dijo: Este es mi Hijo amado, en el cual tomo contentamiento: á él oíd. (Mt. 17:5)
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Lc. 2:14• 14Gloria en las alturas á Dios, Y en la tierra paz, buena voluntad para con los hombres. (Lc. 2:14)
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2 Co. 5:21• 21Al que no conoció pecado, hizo pecado por nosotros, para que nosotros fuésemos hechos justicia de Dios en él. (2 Co. 5:21)
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Ef. 1:6• 6Para alabanza de la gloria de su gracia, con la cual nos hizo aceptos en el Amado: (Ef. 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.