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Psalm 85:12
Yes, the LORD will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.
10Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.
12Yes, the LORD will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.
13Righteousness goes before him, and prepares the way for his steps.
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The land's promised harvest makes God's goodness tangible, while the word “will” leaves room between the promise spoken and the crop gathered.
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Psalm 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.Both psalms declare that the LORD gives good things; Psalm 84 also names grace and glory among his gifts.
James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.Both texts trace good gifts to God, with the psalm naming the land's increase as a concrete expression of his giving.
Psalm 67:6The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.Both link the earth's increase with God's goodness; Psalm 67 describes a harvest yielded, while Psalm 85 anticipates one.
Leviticus 26:4Both speak of the land yielding its increase through God's provision; Leviticus names rain and fruit trees.
Isaiah 30:23–24He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your …Both connect God's giving with the ground's increase; Isaiah describes rain for seed and plentiful bread from the harvest.
1 Corinthians 1:30Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,The shared thread is God's giving: the psalm names good provision, while Paul names wisdom and redemption in Christ.
Matthew 7:11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!Both affirm that God gives good things; Matthew speaks of the Father giving them to those who ask him.
Genesis 49:25even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, …Both describe good received from God, with Genesis naming blessings from heaven and the deep, alongside blessings of birth and nourishment.
Leviticus 25:19The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.Both promise that the land will yield produce; Leviticus also describes eating one's fill and dwelling in safety.
Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,Both attribute blessing to God, though Ephesians names spiritual blessings in Christ and the psalm speaks of the land's increase.
Ezekiel 34:27The tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the …Both promise the earth's increase; Ezekiel adds fruitful trees, security in the land, and deliverance from slavery.
Acts 21:20They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they …The connection is limited to attention toward God: Acts records people glorifying him, without mentioning his provision through the land.
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Encouragement
The promised harvest concerns a whole people's land. It gives no timetable for your income or crops; its confidence rests in YHWH, who gives what is good.
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