Justice and pardon, seemingly alienated from each other, embrace as loving friends (see DA 762).
Mercy and truth.
The exquisite example of synonymous parallelism displayed in this verse joins in each clause the two cardinal attributes of God’s character (see Ps. 25:10; 72:3). In picturesque figures of personification the whole plan of salvation is epitomized (see 5T 633; PP 349; DA 762).