The Meaning of Psalms 85:13 Explained

Psalms 85:13

KJV: Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

YLT: Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!

Darby: Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps on the way.

ASV: Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way to walk in .

Discover Psalms 85:13

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 85:13?

MEANING: What does Psalms 85:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 85:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 85:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Righteousness  shall go  before  him; and shall set  [us] in the way  of his steps. 

What does Psalms 85:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 85:1-13 - A Prayer For The Nation
This psalm is the counterpart of Psalms 80:1-19. There we see petitions ascending; here thanksgivings are returned. Evidently there had been granted some great national deliverance, which filled the land with thanksgiving. The restoration of the captives from Babylon was such an event; but the words well befit glad days of revival. They might have been sung on the first Easter day, when mercy and truth met at the Cross, and there was a bridal of the earth and sky. Reversed captivity, forgiven and buried sin, the dark clouds of estrangement dispelled, the speaking of peace-these are great themes and all have their counterparts in Christian experience.
There is exquisite beauty in Psalms 85:10-11. What a meeting of the divine attributes! The Cross is their trysting-place. It resembles the family-gathering of brothers and sisters in the old homestead. Notice that heaven must combine with earth in the production of Christian grace. Truth can spring up in the soil of our heart only when righteousness looks down with benignant love from heaven. But she does even more-she shows us how to walk in the way of God's steps. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 85

1  The Psalmist, out of the experience of former mercies, prays for continuance thereof
8  He promises to wait thereon, out of confidence of God's goodness

What do the individual words in Psalms 85:13 mean?

Righteousness before Him will go and shall make [our] pathway His footsteps
צֶ֭דֶק לְפָנָ֣יו יְהַלֵּ֑ךְ וְיָשֵׂ֖ם לְדֶ֣רֶךְ פְּעָמָֽיו

צֶ֭דֶק  Righteousness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: צֶדֶק  
Sense: justice, rightness, righteousness.
לְפָנָ֣יו  before  Him 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהַלֵּ֑ךְ  will  go 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
וְיָשֵׂ֖ם  and  shall  make 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
לְדֶ֣רֶךְ  [our]  pathway 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
פְּעָמָֽיו  His  footsteps 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: פַּעַם  
Sense: stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence.

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