Psalms 36 · Verse 6

Psalms 36:6

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
Psalms 36:6, King James Version

Psalms 36:6 in other translations

BSBYour righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
WEBYour righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. LORD, you preserve man and animal.
ASVThy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.
YLTThy righteousness is as mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.
DARBYThy righteousness is like the high mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: thou, Jehovah, preservest man and beast.
BBEYour righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.
WebsterThy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

What does Psalms 36:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 36:5-6

5-6. mercy ... and ... faithfulness--as mercy and truth (Psa 25:10).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains - כהררי אל keharerey El, like the mountains of God; exceeding high mountains; what, in the present language of geology, would be called primitive mountains, those that were formed at the beginning; and are not the effects of earthquakes or inundations, as secondary and alluvial mountains are supposed to be. Thy judgments are a great deep - תהום רבה tehom rabbah, the great abyss; as incomprehensible as the great chaos, or first matter of all things which God created in the beginning, and which is mentioned Gen 1:2, and darkness was on the face, תהום tehom, of the deep, the vast profound, or what is below all conjecturable profundity. How astonishing are the thoughts in these two verses! What an idea do they give us of the mercy, truth, righteousness, and judgments of God! The old Psalter, in paraphrasing mountains of God, says, Thi ryghtwisnes, that es, ryghtwis men, er gastly hilles of God; for that er hee in contemplacioun, and soner resayves the lyght of Crist. Here is a metaphor taken from the tops of mountains and high hills first catching the rays of the rising sun. "Righteous men are spiritual hills of God; for they are high in contemplation, and sooner receive the light of Christ." It is really a very fine thought; and much beyond the rudeness of the times in which this Psalter was written. Man and beast - Doth God take care of cattle? Yes, he appoints the lions their food, and hears the cry of the young ravens; and will he not provide for the poor, especially the poor of his people? He will. So infinitely and intensely good is the nature of God, that it is his delight to make all his creatures happy. He preserves the man, and he preserves the beast; and it is his providence which supplies the man, when his propensities and actions level him with the beasts that perish.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 36:5-12

Men may shut up their compassion, yet, with God we shall find mercy. This is great comfort to all believers, plainly to be seen, and not to be taken away. God does all wisely and well; but what he does we know not now, it is time enough to know hereafter. God's loving-kindness is precious to the saints. They put themselves under his protection, and then are safe and easy. Gracious souls, though still desiring more…

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Psalms 36:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צִדְקָֽתְךָ֨\׀tzid.ka.te.Charighteousness yourH6666
כְּֽהַרְרֵי\־ke.ha.rei-[is] like [the] mountains ofH2042
אֵ֗ל'ElGodH410
מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶךָMish.pa.te.khajudgments yourH4941
תְּה֣וֹםte.Hom[are] [the] deepH8415
רַבָּ֑הra.BahgreatH7227
אָ֤דָֽם\־'A.dam-humankindH120
וּבְהֵמָ֖הu.ve.he.Mahand animal[s]H929
תוֹשִׁ֣יעַto.Shi.a'you deliverH3467
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehO YahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 36:6

  • Romans 11:33

    O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

  • Psalms 77:19

    Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

  • Isaiah 40:28

    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

  • Deuteronomy 32:4

    He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

  • 1 Timothy 4:10

    For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

  • Nehemiah 9:6

    Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

  • Psalms 71:19

    Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

  • Job 37:23

    Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

  • Matthew 11:25-26

    At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

  • Psalms 97:2

    Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

  • Psalms 145:9

    The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

  • Isaiah 45:19

    I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
righteousness.
71:19; 97:2; 145:17; Ge 18:25; De 32:4; Isa 45:19,21-24; Ro 3:25
great mountains. Heb. mountains of God.
Ex 9:28; 1Sa 14:15; *margins
judgments.
77:19; 92:5; Job 11:7-9; 37:23; Isa 40:28; Jer 12:1; Mt 11:25,26
Ro 11:33
thou.
104:14-35; 145:9; 147:9; Job 7:20; Jon 4:11; Mt 10:29,30; 1Ti 4:10

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Context

  • Psalms 36:5

    Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

  • Psalms 36:6

    Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

  • Psalms 36:7

    How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

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Psalms 36:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tu justicia como los montes de Dios, tus juicios abismo grande: oh Jehová, al hombre y al animal conservas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Éternel, ta bonté est dans les cieux, ta fidélité atteint jusqu’aux nues.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deine Gerechtigkeit ist gleich Bergen Gottes, deine Gerichte sind eine große Tiefe; Menschen und Vieh rettest du, Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et educet quasi lumen justitiam tuam, et judicium tuum tamquam meridiem.