“Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.”
The psalmist declares that God's righteousness is like the mighty mountains and God's judgments are like the great deep. The imagery of mountains and deep waters suggests permanence, power, and the awesome nature of God's justice. The verse establishes that God's character is vast and immovable, providing security and stability in contrast to the chaos of human wickedness.
Church Fathers on Psalms 36:6
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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