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11 [a]Love and truth will meet;
    justice and peace will kiss.(A)
12 Truth will spring from the earth;
    justice will look down from heaven.(B)
13 Yes, the Lord will grant his bounty;
    our land will yield its produce.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 85:11–13 Divine activity is personified as pairs of virtues.

11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness(A) looks down from heaven.
12 The Lord will indeed give what is good,(B)
    and our land will yield(C) its harvest.
13 Righteousness goes before him
    and prepares the way for his steps.

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