King James Version

Psalms 85:11

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 85:12.

אֱ֭מֶתemetassuredאֶמֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “assured”, the ordinary formH571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessassured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.מֵאֶ֣רֶץmeeretsfrom earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “from earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.תִּצְמָ֑חtitsmachbearצָמַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bear”, an unfinished actionH6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).וְ֝צֶ֗דֶקvetsedeqand rightצֶדֶקconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and right”, the ordinary formH6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity[idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).מִשָּׁמַ֥יִםmishamayimfrom heavenשָׁמַיִםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “from heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).נִשְׁקָֽףnishqafappearשָׁקַףverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “appear”, a completed actionH8259properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)appear, look (down, forth, out).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(85-12) Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

Young’s Literal Translation

Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,

World English Bible

Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

Darby Translation

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.

Douay-Rheims

Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(85-12) Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀλήθεια ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀνέτειλε, καὶ δικαιοσύνη ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ διέκυψε.