“ Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. ”
Righteousness shall go before him - Shall anticipate his coming, and prepare his way. The idea seems to be, that in order to his appearing, there would be a proclamation of righteousness, and a p...
(h) Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps. (h) Justice will then flourish and have free course and passage in every place.
LXXXV. Prayer for the Completion of Israel's Restoration. The Ps. falls clearly into two halves. Psalms 85:1-7 is a prayer to God. It begins ( Psalms 85:1-3 ) by commemorating God's mercy. He had...
13. Righteousness shall go before him. The word righteousness is taken by some for a righteous person; but this is unnatural. Viewed in this light, the passage, indeed, contains the us...
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. Righteousness shall go before him - Perhaps this verse may receive its best solution from Romans 3:25 : "Whom God hath...
Righteousness shall go before him, &c.— Before him righteousness shall walk; and that's the path his feet shall tread: Hebrew: he shall set his feet in the way; that way of righteousness,...
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. Righteousness shall go before him and shall set (us) in the way of his steps - rather, 'and shall set in the (righ...
This Ps. looks back upon the mercy which God has shown to His people in bringing them back from captivity ( Psalms 85:1-3 ), entreats Him to remove the displeasure that has again fallen on them, and...
Righteousness shall... — Better, Righteousness shall walk in front of Him, and follow in His steps. Nothing is more instructive than the blending in Psalms 85:12-13 of material and moral bless...
Psalms 85:1-13 THE outstanding peculiarity of this psalm is its sudden transitions of feeling. Beginning with exuberant thanksgiving for restoration of the nation ( Psalms 85:1-3 ), it passes, wit...
a Prayer for the Nation Psalms 85:1-13 This psalm is the counterpart of Psalms 80:1-19 . There we see petitions ascending; here thanksgivings are returned. Evidently there had been granted som...
This psalm would seen to have been written in a day when some Divine deliverance had been wrought for the people of God. Yet the singer is conscious that in the heart of the people there remain dispo...
All increase, all blessings, must now continue to flow in our Emmanuel's land, his church; and that church cannot cease from following her glorious Head, when He, now lifted up; hath undertaken and p...
Righteousness shall go before him ,.... The incarnate Saviour, the increase of our land, and fruit of the virgin's womb; and righteousness may be put for a righteous person, as Aben Ezra interprets...
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps. Ver. 13. Righteousness shall go before him ] Men shall walk before God in holiness and righteousness all the days of...
The Lord shall give us that which is good That is, all that is good in itself, and good for us; all spiritual and temporal blessings. And our land shall yield her increase The effects of the inca...
Divine Answer to Prayer; Blessings Given in Answer to Prayer. 8 I will hear what God the L ORD will speak: for he will...
Go before him, as his harbinger or attendant. He shall work and fulfil all righteousness, he shall glorify and satisfy the righteousness of God, and shall advance the practice of righteousness and...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ A Psalm for the sons of Korah . “See Introduction to Psalms 42 . “There seems,” says Perowne, “every re...
Psalms 85:10-13 These four verses are a fourfold picture of how heaven and earth ought to blend and harmonise. I. Take the first verse: "Mercy and truth are met together," etc. We have here the h...
In my brief comments upon this Psalm, I shall not feel bound to keep to the immediate occasion for which it was written, but shall seek to find a use for it in the present circumstances of God's sain...
Psalms 85:1 . Brought back the captivity of Jacob. Part of this psalm at least appears to have been composed after the return from captivity, or it may have been adapted to that happy occasion, wh...
Lord, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land. A psalm of deliverance; songs and sighs A part of the nation had returned, but to a ruined city, a fallen temple, and a mourning land, where they...
EXPOSITION THIS is a psalm written after a signal display of God's mercy towards Israel, but when there was still much wanting to make the condition of the people altogether satisfactory. It c...
A Prayer for the Welfare of the Country. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, an inspired singer of this family praying to God for renewed blessings...
1 John 2:6 ; 1 Peter 2:18-24 ; 1 Peter 4:1 ; 2 Corinthians 3:18 ; Ephesians 5:1 ; Ephesians 5:2 ; Galatians 2:20 ; Hebrews 12:1 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Isaiah 58:8 ; John 13:14-16 ; John 13:34 ;...
Before him — As his harbinger. He shall fulfil all righteousness, he shall satisfy the righteousness of God, and shall advance righteousness and holiness among men. Set us — Shall cause us to walk...