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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

Psalms 89:14

In 11 translations

BSB
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
KJV
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.habitation: or, establishment
WEB
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
ASV
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.
LSV
Righteousness and judgment || [Are] the fixed place of Your throne, || Kindness and truth go before Your face.
YLT
Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
DBY
Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
DRC88:15
Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
GNV
Righteousnesse and equitie are the stablishment of thy throne: mercy and trueth goe before thy face.
JPS89:15
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thee.
LXXE88:15
Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC89:15
צֶ֣דֶק וּ֭מִשְׁפָּט מְכ֣וֹן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ חֶ֥סֶד וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת יְֽקַדְּמ֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃KJV:Ps.89.14
LXX-Br88:15
Δικαιοσύνη καὶ κρίμα ἑτοιμασία τοῦ θρόνου σου· ἔλεος καὶ ἀλήθεια προπορεύσονται πρὸ προσώπου σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
  • Proverbs 16:12Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
  • Psalms 45:6–7Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil…
  • Psalms 145:17The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
  • Psalms 85:13Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
  • Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  • Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Revelation 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
  • Psalms 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
  • John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 89:15 in some Bibles
  • 89:14 in most Bibles

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