{"id":1480,"date":"2021-07-25T20:38:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T19:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pbthomas.com\/blog\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2021-07-25T20:38:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T19:38:25","slug":"righteousness-and-peace-kiss-each-other-psalm-8510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pbthomas.com\/blog\/?p=1480","title":{"rendered":"Righteousness and peace kiss each other  Psalm 85:10"},"content":{"rendered":"<span itemprop=\"description\"><p>This message is easier to follow on video.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Righteousness and peace kiss each other  Psalm 85\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yr6GUNc0gHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nHere are the notes.<\/p>\n<p>Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other<br \/>\nchesed \/kheh\u00b7sed  Strongs\u2019s Number 2617     248 occurences in OT<br \/>\nAV translates as \u201cmercy\u201d 149 times, \u201ckindness\u201d 40 times, \u201clovingkindness\u201d 30 times, \u201cgoodness\u201d 12 times, \u201ckindly\u201d<br \/>\nChesed   STEADFAST LOVE, kindness, mercy, faithfulness, loyalty<br \/>\nThe essential characteristic of God in the Old Testament.<br \/>\nExodus 34  6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, \u2018The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love (chesed) and faithfulness (emed), 7 maintaining love (chesed) to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.<br \/>\nGod\u2019s steadfast love is expressed in keeping his covenant love for Israel, \u201chis covenant faithfulness\u201d<br \/>\nChesed appears 100 times in the Psalms. God\u2019s steadfast love is the reason for praising God and the basis for the writer\u2019s appeals for God to grant forgiveness and to answer prayers<br \/>\nPsalm 136 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures for ever.<br \/>\n2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures for ever.<br \/>\n3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures for ever.<br \/>\nHis love endures forever echoes in all 26 verses<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 23:6  Surely your goodness and love (chesed) will follow me all the days of my life,<br \/>\nand I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.<br \/>\nPsalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love (chesed);<br \/>\naccording to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.<br \/>\nPsalm 44:26 Rise up, come to our help. Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love (chesed).<br \/>\nGod also wants his people to show this kind of steadfast love although there it is often translated kindness or mercy.<\/p>\n<p>Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.<br \/>\n[\u02beemeth \/eh\u00b7meth\/]    STRONGS NUMBER 571    127 occurences<br \/>\nAV Translates as truth\/true 110 times<br \/>\nPsalm 19:9  the fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever;<br \/>\nthe ordinances of the LORD are true (emeth) and righteous altogether.<br \/>\nPsalm 25:5  Guide me in your truth (emeth) and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.<br \/>\nPsalm 119:160 The sum of your word is truth (emeth); and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.<\/p>\n<p>But in Psalm 85:10-11 NIV2011, NRSV and GNB translate emeth as FAITHFULNESS.<br \/>\nNLT, NKJV and Message translate as TRUTH \t= Love and truth meet together<\/p>\n<p>? Does the faithfulness\/truth belong to GOD? Or to God\u2019s PEOPLE?<br \/>\nVerse 11  Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,<br \/>\nand righteousness looks down from heaven.<br \/>\nI think truth fits better here, and it is God&#8217;s truth.<br \/>\nIn salvation &#8211; God\u2019s steadfast love is reconciled with God\u2019s truth<\/p>\n<p>Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.<\/p>\n<p>[tsedeq \/tseh\u00b7dek\/] Strong\u2019s Number 6664   116 occurences<br \/>\nAV translates as \u201crighteousness\u201d 77 times, \u201cjust\u201d 11 times, \u201cjustice\u201d 10 times, \u201crighteous\u201d eight times, \u201crighteously\u201d three times,<br \/>\nGod\u2019s moral righteousness<br \/>\nPsalm 9:8  He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.<br \/>\nPsalm 23:3  he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths (paths of righteousness sedeq) for his name\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<p>Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. \u05c1<\/p>\n<p>[shalowm, shalom \/shaw\u00b7lome\/]  STRONGS NUMBER 7965    236 occurences<br \/>\nAV translates as \u201cpeace\u201d 175 times, \u201cwell\u201d 14 times, \u201cpeaceably\u201d nine times, \u201cwelfare\u201d five times,<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 122:6 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: \u2018May those who love you be secure.<br \/>\n7 May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.\u2019<br \/>\n8 For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, \u2018Peace be within you.\u2019<br \/>\nMore than just absence of war \u2013 shalom is completeness, wholeness, well-being, tranquility,<br \/>\nIn relationships between human beings and between God and people<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 29:11  The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.<\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s righteousness and God\u2019s peace kiss \u2013 bringing God\u2019s peace to earth<br \/>\nAll this is a wonderful prophecy of the cross of Christ<\/p>\n<p>Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.<br \/>\nHERE IS LOVE vast as the ocean, Loving kindness as the flood,<br \/>\n(Original in Welsh by William Rees, Songs of Fellowship 168)<\/p>\n<p>On the Mount of Crucifixion<br \/>\nFountains opened deep and wide;<br \/>\nThrough the floodgates of God\u2019s mercy<br \/>\nFlowed a vast and gracious tide.<br \/>\nGrace and love, like mighty rivers,<br \/>\nPoured incessant from above,<br \/>\nAnd heaven\u2019s peace and perfect justice<br \/>\nKissed a guilty world in love.<\/p>\n<p>And the earth responds to God&#8217;s amazing grace with faithfulness\/truth<br \/>\nPsalm 85:11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,<br \/>\nrighteousness looks down from heaven.<br \/>\n12 The LORD will indeed give what is good,<br \/>\nand our land will yield its harvest.<br \/>\n13 Righteousness goes before him<br \/>\nand prepares the way for his steps.<\/p>\n<span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\"><span itemprop=\"description\">This message is easier to follow on video. 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