“Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.”
Justice and righteousness: "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you." The throne of God rests on justice and righteousness; divine action is characterized by hesed and emunah (love and faithfulness). This describes the moral character underlying divine rule.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:14
1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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