Psalms 36:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Lord, your steadfast love reaches to the heavens; your faithfulness to the clouds.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְ֭הוָה בְּהַשָּׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ עַד־שְׁחָקִֽים׃

Transliteration

YHWH in the šāmayim ḥasdĕḵā ʾĕmûnātḵā unto-šᵊḥāqîm

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: divine name
• *šāmayim*: masculine, plural with definite article and prefixed preposition בְּ (in) - in the heavens
• *ḥasdĕḵā*: masculine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix (your) - your lovingkindness
• *ʾĕmûnātḵā*: feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix (your) - your faithfulness
• *šᵊḥāqîm*: masculine, plural with prefixed preposition עַד (unto/to) - clouds/skies

Word Meanings

• *šāmayim*: heavens/sky
• *ḥasdĕḵā*: your lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy
• *ʾĕmûnātḵā*: your faithfulness/reliability/steadfastness
• *šᵊḥāqîm*: clouds/skies/heavens

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thy righteousness{H6666} is like the mountains{H2042} of God;{H410} Thy judgments{H4941} are a great{H7227} deep:{H8415} O Jehovah,{H3068} thou preservest{H3467} man{H120} and beast.{H929}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thy righteousness{H6666} is like the great{H410} mountains{H2042}; thy judgments{H4941} are a great{H7227} deep{H8415}: O LORD{H3068}, thou preservest{H3467}{(H8686)} man{H120} and beast{H929}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes, & thy iudgment like the greate depe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thy righteousnesse is like the mightie moutaines: thy iudgements are like a great deepe: thou, Lord, doest saue man and beast.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thy righteousnes is like the mountaynes of God: thy iudgementes are a great deapth, thou sauest both man and beast O God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thy righteousness `is' as mountains of God, Thy judgments `are' a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you, LORD, preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and His ways beyond tracing out!
• Ps 71:19 : 19 Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. Who is like you, O God?
• Ps 77:19 : 19 Your thunder echoed in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
• Ps 92:5 : 5 For You have made me glad by Your work, O LORD; I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
• Ps 145:9 : 9 The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all he has made.
• Ps 145:16-17 : 16 You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.
• Ps 147:9 : 9 He provides food for the animals and for the young ravens when they cry.
• Isa 40:28 : 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.
• Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain.' I, the LORD, speak the truth and declare what is right.
• Isa 45:21-24 : 21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me. 22 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. 23 By myself I have sworn; my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow, by me every tongue will swear. 24 They will say of me, 'In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.' All who have raged against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
• Jer 12:1 : 1 You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?
• Jonah 4:11 : 11 So should I not care about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 people who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?'
• Matt 10:29-30 : 29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s care. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all counted.
• Matt 11:25-26 : 25 At that time Jesus said, 'I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.' 26 Yes, Father, for this was Your good pleasure.
• Rom 3:25 : 25 God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins previously committed.
• Gen 18:25 : 25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'
• Exod 9:28 : 28 Pray to the Lord, for we have had enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.
• Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock—His work is perfect, for all His ways are just. A faithful God without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
• 1 Sam 14:15 : 15 Then panic struck the whole Philistine camp, those in the field, the outposts, and the raiding parties, and the ground trembled. It was a panic sent by God.
• Neh 9:6 : 6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, the highest heavens, and all their hosts, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
• Job 7:20 : 20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?
• Job 11:7-9 : 7 Can you search out the depths of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? 9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
• Job 37:23 : 23 The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is great in power, and in justice and abundant righteousness, He does not oppress.
• Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
• Ps 104:14-35 : 14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth, 15 wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts. 16 The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted. 17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees. 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the hyraxes. 19 He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set. 20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals of the forest come out. 21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. 22 The sun rises, and they withdraw and lie down in their dens. 23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening. 24 How many are Your works, LORD! In wisdom You made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. 25 There is the vast and spacious sea, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both large and small. 26 There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. 27 All creatures look to You to give them their food at the proper time. 28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things. 29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. 30 When You send forth Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth. 31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works. 32 He gazes at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live. 34 May my meditation be pleasing to Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD. 35 May sinners vanish from the earth, and may the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul. Hallelujah!
• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.