“Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.”
The psalmist shifts from describing the wicked to celebrating God's steadfast love and faithfulness, which extend to the heavens and reach to the clouds. The phrase 'your love reaches to the heavens' emphasizes the cosmic scale and transcendent nature of God's grace. The verse establishes a sharp contrast: while the wicked are bound in internal limitation and deception, God's love extends infinitely. This shift establishes that despite the pervasiveness of wickedness, God's grace is infinitely greater.
Church Fathers on Psalms 36:5
1. ...“The ungodly has said in himself that he will sin: there is no fear of God before his eyes” Psalm 35:1. Not of one man, but of a race of ungodly men he speaks, who fight against their own selves, by not understanding, that so they may live well; not because they cannot, but because they will not. For it is one thing, when one endeavours to understand some thing, and through infirmity of flesh cannot; as says the Scripture in a certain place, “For the corruptible body…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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