Psalms 85:12
Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
KJV
Confitebor tibi, Domine Deus meus, in toto corde meo, et glorificabo nomen tuum in æternum :
Vulgate
ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, Κύριε ὁ θεός μου, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, καὶ δοξάσω τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα·
LXX
Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good; And our land shall yield its increase.
ASV
אֱ֭מֶת מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ תִּצְמָ֑ח וְ֝/צֶ֗דֶק מִ/שָּׁמַ֥יִם נִשְׁקָֽף
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
יְצַמַּ֥ח
ytsmch
verb · 33×
נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה
nshqph
verb · 22×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2795The symbol of the heavens refers us back to the mystery of the covenant we are living when we pray to our Father. He is in heaven, his dwelling place; the Father's house is our homeland. Sin has exiled us from the land of the covenant,56 but conversion of heart enables us to return to the Father, to heaven.57 Jn Christ, then, heaven and earth are reconciled,58 for the Son alone…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
- Acts 21:20 — And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
- Eph 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
- Ezek 34:27 — And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their
- Gen 49:25 — Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of t
- Isa 30:23 — Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pa
- Jas 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- Lev 25:19 — And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
- Lev 26:4 — Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Lev 26:4 — Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Matt 7:11 — If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
- Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
- Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
- Ps 67:6 — Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
- Ps 72:16 — There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
- Ps 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Ps 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Zech 8:12 — For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess al