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Psalms 85:12-13

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85:12 Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, 1 

and our land will yield 2  its crops.

85:13 Deliverance goes 3  before him,

and prepares 4  a pathway for him. 5 

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[85:12]  1 tn Heb “what is good.”

[85:12]  2 tn Both “bestow” and “yield” translate the same Hebrew verb (נָתַן, natan). The repetition of the word emphasizes that agricultural prosperity is the direct result of divine blessing.

[85:13]  3 tn Or “will go.”

[85:13]  4 tn Or “will prepare.”

[85:13]  5 tn Heb “and it prepares for a way his footsteps.” Some suggest emending וְיָשֵׂם (vÿyasem, “and prepares”) to וְשָׁלוֹם (vÿshalom, “and peace”) since “deliverance” and “peace” are closely related earlier in v. 13. This could be translated, “and peace [goes ahead, making] a pathway for his footsteps” (cf. NEB).



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