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Psalms 85:9-10

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85:9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; 1 

then his splendor will again appear in our land. 2 

85:10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet; 3 

deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. 4 

1 tn Heb “certainly his deliverance [is] near to those who fear him.”

2 tn Heb “to dwell, glory, in our land.” “Glory” is the subject of the infinitive. The infinitive with -לְ (lÿ), “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.

3 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.

4 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.



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