KJV King James Version
Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 36:6
Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
WEB World English Bible
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thy righteousness is as mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Psalm 36
3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.
5 Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.
6 Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
7 How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
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צִדְקָֽתְךָ֨׀H6666 · tse.da.qahrighteousnessכְּֽהַרְרֵי־H2042 · ha.rarmountainאֵ֗לH410 · elGodמִ֭שְׁפָּטֶךָH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementתְּה֣וֹםH8415 · te.homabyssרַבָּ֑הH7227 · ravmanyאָ֤דָֽם־H120 · a.dammanוּבְהֵמָ֖הH929 · be.he.mahanimalתוֹשִׁ֣יעַH3467 · ya.sahto saveיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!Isaiah 40:28Hast 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.Psalm 77:19Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.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.Nehemiah 9:6Thou, [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.Psalm 71:19Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!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 4:10For 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.Matthew 11:25-26At 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.Psalm 104:14-35He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;Psalm 97:2Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.Isaiah 45:19I 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.Psalm 145:9The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.Psalm 92:5O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep.Isaiah 45:21-24Tell ye, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it from that time? [have] not I the LORD? and [there is] no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; [there is] none beside me.Psalm 147:9He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.Job 7:20I 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 11:7-9Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
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