Psalms 85:10 meaning and explanation

Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Psalms 85:10, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 85 is a prayer of the sons of Korah, sung by a community that remembers God's past mercy, when He restored Jacob from captivity and forgave the people's sin, but now feels His anger still. In verse 10 the psalmist pictures that hoped for renewal as a meeting of four qualities: chesed, God's steadfast covenant love, and faithfulness, righteousness and peace.

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