Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
God's people returned from Babylon and now remind Him of that deliverance as the ground of their plea: finish what you have begun. Their exile was the working out of sin, and their restoration proves that sin forgiven. They trust the same God who brought them home will complete His grace toward them.
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Commenting on Psalm 85:1-13
Mercy and truth are met together. In answer to prayer, the exulting psalmist sees the attributes of God confederating to bless the once afflicted nation. Mercy comes hand in hand with Truth to fulfil the faithful promise of their gracious God; the people recognise at once the grace and the veracity of Jehovah, he is to them neither a tyrant nor a deceiver. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
We have here an answer to the prayers and expostulations in the foregoing verses. I. In general, it is an answer of peace. This the psalmist is soon aware of (Psa 85:8), for he stands upon his watch-tower to hear what God will say unto him, as the prophet, Hab 2:1, Hab 2:2. I will hear what God the Lord will speak. This intimates, 1.
Commenting on Psalm 85:8-13