Psalms 85:13

“Righteousness will walk before him, and will make of his footsteps a way.”

Psalms 85:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 85:13, word by word

Righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek

righteousness

Living uprightly before God.

Where else “tsedek” appears
will walkיְהַלֵּךְyehalech

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

Where else “yehalech” appears
before himפָנָיfanay

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fanay” appears
and will makeיָשֵׂםyasem

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

Where else “yasem” appears
of his footstepsפְּעָמָיpeamay

step

What is done in walking: the movement of a foot and the print it leaves.

Where else “peamay” appears
a wayדֶרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

Where else “derech” appears

Translation note

“Will make of his footsteps a way”: it can be understood that righteousness will go opening a way wherever he passes.

The context

12Also YHWH will give what is good, and our land will give its produce.

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