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Psalms 36:6 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 36:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 36:66 words
HebrewMeaning
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּ/הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִםbəhašāmayim
is in the heavenspronH8064
astrologer · heaven
חַסְדֶּ֑/ךָḥasədekā
covenant loyalty yournounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְ/ךָ֗ʾĕmwnātəkā
faithfulness yournounH530
-ly · -ness · ) · set office ···
עַדʿad
is topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
שְׁחָקִֽיםšəḥāqiym
the cloudsnounH7834
small dust · heaven · sky
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 36 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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