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

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Solid as a Mountain

The psalmist uses powerful natural imagery to describe God's character. Commentators explain that His righteousness is 'like the mountains of God'—as stable, majestic, and immovable as the highest peaks. His judgments and plans are 'a great deep'—profound, vast, and often beyond our full comprehension, like the fathomless ocean. These images assure us of God's reliable justice and sovereign wisdom.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Psalms 36:6

18th Century

Theologian

Your righteousness - Your justice; that is, the justice of God considered as residing in His own nature; His justice in His laws; His justic…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Psalms 36:6

19th Century

Bishop

Great mountains. —See margin, and compare Psalms 80:10, cedars of God. So too, the rain is called “God’s brook.” The epit…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Psalms 36:6

16th Century

Theologian

Thy righteousness is as the mountains of God. In this verse, there is a commendation of God’s righteousness, which the sacred writer compa…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Psalms 36:6

17th Century

Pastor

Your righteousness [is] like the great mountains
Or, "the mountains of God"; so called for their excellency, as the …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Psalms 36:5–12

17th Century

Minister

People may withhold their compassion, yet with God we will find mercy. This is great comfort to all believers, clearly seen and not to be taken awa…