Psalms 36:6

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.

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Rom 11:33 : 33 O the deepenesse of the ryches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God, howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes, and his wayes past fyndyng out?
• Ps 71:19 : 19 And vntyll I haue exceedyngly exalted O Lorde thy ryghteousnesse: for great thynges are they that thou hast done, O Lorde who is lyke vnto thee?
• Ps 77:19 : 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy pathes in the great waters: and thy footesteppes are not knowen.
• Ps 92:5 : 5 O God howe glorious are thy workes? thy thoughtes are very depe.
• Ps 145:9 : 9 God is good vnto euery man: and his mercie is ouer all his workes.
• Ps 145:16-17 : 16 Thou openest thyne hande: and thou satisfiest the desire of euery thing liuing. 17 God is righteous in all his wayes: and holy in all his workes.
• Ps 147:9 : 9 He geueth vnto cattell their foode: euen vnto Rauens which call for it.
• Isa 40:28 : 28 Knowest thou not, or hast thou not hearde that the euerlasting God, the Lorde whiche made all the corners of the earth, is neither weerie nor fainte? and that his wysdome can not be comprehended?
• Isa 45:19 : 19 I haue not spoken secretly, neither in darke places of the earth: I sayde not in vayne to the seede of Iacob, seeke me: I am the Lorde, whiche when I speake, do declare the thing that is righteous and true.
• Isa 45:21-24 : 21 Drawe nye, come hyther, and let them aske counsaile one at another, and shew foorth what is he that told this before? or who spake of it euer since the beginning? haue not I the Lorde done it? without whom there is none other God, the true God and sauiour, and there is els none but I. 22 And therfore turne you vnto me, all ye endes of the earth, that ye may be saued: for I am God, and there is els none. 23 I sweare by my self, out of my mouth commeth the worde of righteousnesse, and that may no man turne: but all knees shall bowe vnto me, and all tongues shall sweare by my name, 24 Saying: veryly in the Lorde is my righteousnesse and strength, to hym shall men come: but all they that thinke scorne of him shalbe confounded.
• Jer 12:1 : 1 O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse,
• Jonah 4:11 : 11 And shall not I spare Niniue that great citie, in the which are more then sixscore thousand persons that knowe not their right hand and their left, and also much cattaile?
• Matt 10:29-30 : 29 Are not two litle sparowes solde for a farthyng? And one of the shall not light on the grounde, without your father. 30 Yea, euen all the heeres of your head are numbred.
• Matt 11:25-26 : 25 At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde: I thanke thee O father, Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto babes. 26 Euen so it is O father, for so was it thy good pleasure.
• Rom 3:25 : 25 Whom God hath set foorth to be a propitiatio, through fayth in his blood, to declare his ryghteousnes, in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past,
• Gen 18:25 : 25 That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?
• Exod 9:28 : 28 Pray ye vnto the Lorde, that these thundringes of God and hayle may be sufficient, and I will let you go, and ye shall tary no longer.
• Deut 32:4 : 4 Perfect is the worke of the most mightie God, for all his wayes are iudgement: He is a God of trueth, without wickednesse, righteous and iust is he.
• 1 Sam 14:15 : 15 And there was a feare in the hoast, in the field, & among al ye people: insomuch that they that were gone out of the garrison to robbe, were afrayde also, & the earth trembled, for the feare that was sent of God.
• Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou art Lorde alone, thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoast, the earth and all thinges that are therein, the sea & all that is therin, & thou preseruest them al, & the hoast of heauen worshippeth thee.
• Job 7:20 : 20 I haue offended, what shall I do vnto the, O thou preseruer of men? Why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe?
• Job 11:7-9 : 7 Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie? 8 It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it? 9 The measure of it is longer then the earth, and broder then the sea.
• Job 37:23 : 23 It is the almightie, we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundaunt in iustice: he afflicteth not.
• Ps 97:2 : 2 Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym: iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne.
• Ps 104:14-35 : 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell: and hearbes for the vse of man. 15 That he may bryng foorth foode out of the earth: both wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce, & also bread to strengthen mans heart. 16 The trees of God be satisfied: euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted. 17 Wherin the birdes make their nestes: in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth. 18 The high hilles are a refuge for goates: and so are the stonie rockes for conies. 19 He hath made the moone for certayne seasons: and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe. 20 Thou makest darknes and it is night: wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode. 21 The Lions do roare after a pray: and in seeking their meate of God. 22 When the sunne ariseth, they recoyle backe: and lay them downe to rest in their dennes. 23 Man goeth foorth to his worke: and to do his seruice vntyll the euening. 24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes? thou hast made them al in wisdome, the earth is ful of thy ryches. 25 So is the sea it selfe large and wyde in compasse: wherein are thinges creeping innumerable, both small and great beastes. 26 There go the shippes, and there is that Leuiathan: whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin. 27 These wayte all vpon thee: that thou mayest geue them meate in due season. 28 When thou geuest it them, they gather it: and when thou openest thyne hand, they are filled with that which is good. 29 When thou hydest thy face, they are troubled: when thou takest away their spirite, they dye, and are turned agayne to their dust. 30 When thou sendest out thy spirite, they be recreated: and thou reuiuest the face of the earth. 31 The glorious maiestie of God shal endure for euer: God wyll reioyce in his workes. 32 He beholdeth the earth, & it trembleth: he toucheth the hilles, and they smoke. 33 I wyll syng vnto God as long as I liue: I will sing psalmes vnto my Lord so long as I shall be. 34 My meditations of hym shalbe very pleasaunt: for all my ioy shalbe in God. 35 As for sinners they shalbe consumed out of the earth: and the vngodly shall come to an ende, blesse thou God O my soule, and prayse you the Lorde.
• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 For therfore we both labour, and suffer rebuke, because we haue hoped in the lyuyng God, whiche is the sauiour of all men, specially of those that beleue.