Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 85:13

13 Righteousness shall go before him : and shall set us in the way of his steps .

As his Harbenger or Attendant. He shall work and fullfill all righteousness, he shall glorifie and satisfie the righteousness of God, and shall advance the practice of righteousness and holiness among men.

(i. e.) shall cause us to walk in those righteous ways wherein he walketh, and which he hath prescribed to us. But this us is not in the Hebrew, and may seem too liberal a supplement. And the words may be, and are by almost all other Interpreters, rendred otherwise, He (i. e. God) shall set (which may note his stability and constancy in so doing) it (to wit, righteousness last mentioned) in the way of his steps, (i. e.) in the way wherein he walketh. So the sence of this last Clause is the same for substance with the former, as is very usual in this Book; righteousness in that Clause goes before him, and in this it goes along with him.

Marginal references: Psal. 89. 14.; Heb. hir steps i[illegible: 1+ letters] t[illegible: 1+ letters]e way, or, [illegible: 1 word] steps in t[illegible: 1+ letters]e way. So Gr.