Psalms 36:6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
Main message
Psalm 36:6: God’s righteousness is like mighty mountains and his judgments like the great deep, while he preserves humans and animals; the metaphors confess stability, depth, and care without teaching that every event is easy to explain.
Meaning in context
Psalm 36:5–9 · Steadfast love, refuge, life, and light — Verses 5–9 praise the LORD’s immeasurable love, faithfulness, righteousness, justice, preserving care, refuge, abundance, fountain of life, and light.
God’s righteousness is like mighty mountains and his judgments like the great deep, while he preserves humans and animals; the metaphors confess stability, depth, and care without teaching that every event is easy to explain.
Further teachings
Steadfast love, refuge, life, and light
God’s righteousness is like mighty mountains and his judgments like the great deep, while he preserves humans and animals; the metaphors confess stability, depth, and care without teaching that every event is easy to explain.
Cross References: Psalm 36:6 — Psalm 36:5–9.
Applications in daily life
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Psalm 36:6
God’s righteousness is like mighty mountains and his judgments like the great deep, while he preserves humans and animals; the metaphors confess stability, depth, and care without teaching that every event is easy to explain.
The “great deep” does not mean evidence, theology, or suffering should never be questioned; divine mystery is not anti-intellectualism.
Related Bible passages and resources
- Psalm 36 (full chapter)
Psalm 36 sets the self-deceiving logic of wickedness beside the immeasurable steadfast love, faithfulness, righteousness, and justice of the LORD. The middle movement turns from diagnosis to worship: people take refuge under God’s wings, feast on the abundance of his house, drink from the river of his delights, and confess him as the fountain of life and source of light. The closing prayer asks that steadfast love continue toward those who know God and that arrogant violence not prevail. The psalm entrusts the downfall of evildoing to God rather than licensing private retaliation.
- Psalm 36:5
Read the previous verse to preserve the movement.
- Psalm 36:7
Continue with the next verse to preserve the movement.
- Study the Book of Psalms
Keep this verse within Psalm 36’s contrast between self-deceiving evil and the LORD’s steadfast love, refuge, life, light, and justice.
Common misreadings
The “great deep” does not mean evidence, theology, or suffering should never be questioned; divine mystery is not anti-intellectualism.
God’s righteousness is like mighty mountains and his judgments like the great deep, while he preserves humans and animals; the metaphors confess stability, depth, and care without teaching that every event is easy to explain.
How to Apply Psalms 36:6
Study Psalms 36:6 in context by reading the surrounding passage in Psalms. Identify one person in your life who might be encouraged by this verse from Scripture. Share it with them and open a conversation rooted in Scripture — sometimes the most practical application is passing the Word along.
Sources & Method
Biblical text
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