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Psalms 36:6

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

KJV

Et educet quasi lumen justitiam tuam, et judicium tuum tamquam meridiem.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξοίσει ὡς φῶς τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, καὶ τὸ κρίμα σου ὡς μεσημβρίαν.

LXX

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

ASV

יְ֭הוָה בְּ/הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑/ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְ/ךָ֗ עַד שְׁחָקִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמוּנָ֑ה
'mvnh
noun · 49×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שְׁחָקִֽים
shchqym
noun · 21×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 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.
  • Deut 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.
  • Eccl 7:24 — That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
  • Gen 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
  • Isa 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.
  • Job 7:20 — I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
  • 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.
  • Joel 2:22 — Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
  • Jonah 4:11 — And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
  • Neh 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 t
  • Neh 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 t
  • Ps 71:19 — Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
  • Ps 77:19 — Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
  • Ps 92:5 — O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
  • Ps 119:142 — Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
  • Ps 145:9 — The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
  • Rom 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!
  • Rom 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!
  • Zech 6:1 — And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.