Psalms 85:13

Deliverance goes ¹  before him, and prepares ²  a pathway for him. ³ 

Ps 72:2,3; Ps 89:14; Ps 119:35; Isa 58:8; Mt 20:27,28; Joh 13:14-16,34; 2Co 3:18; Ga 2:20; Eph 5:1,2; Php 2:5-8; Heb 12:1,2; 1Pe 2:18-24; 1Pe 4:1; 1Jo 2:6

¹ tn Or “will go.”

² tn Or “will prepare.”

³ tn Heb “and it prepares for a way his footsteps.” Some suggest emending וְיָשֵׂם (vÿyasem, “and prepares”) to וְשָׁלוֹם (vÿshalom, “and peace”) since “deliverance” and “peace” are closely related earlier in v. 13. This could be translated, “and peace [goes ahead, making] a pathway for his footsteps” (cf. NEB).