KJV King James Version
Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
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Psalm 89:14
Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
WEB World English Bible
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
ASV American Standard Version
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Righteousness and judgment Are the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
Surrounding context — Psalm 89
11 The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
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Psalm 97:2Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.Proverbs 16:12[It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.Psalm 45:6-7Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.Psalm 85:13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.Psalm 145:17The LORD [is] righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.Deuteronomy 32:4[He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.Psalm 99:4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints.Psalm 89:2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
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