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Psalm 36:5-7
New English Translation
Psalm 36:5-7
New English Translation
5 O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky,[a]
your faithfulness to the clouds.[b]
6 Your justice is like the highest mountains,[c]
your fairness like the deepest sea;
you, Lord, preserve[d] mankind and the animal kingdom.[e]
7 How precious[f] is your loyal love, O God!
The human race finds shelter under your wings.[g]
Footnotes
- Psalm 36:5 tn Heb “[is] in the heavens.”
- Psalm 36:5 sn The Lord’s loyal love/faithfulness is almost limitless. He is loyal and faithful to his creation and blesses mankind and the animal kingdom with physical life and sustenance (vv. 6-9).
- Psalm 36:6 tn Heb “mountains of God.” The divine name אֵל (ʾel, “God”) is here used in an idiomatic manner to indicate the superlative.
- Psalm 36:6 tn Or “deliver.”
- Psalm 36:6 sn God’s justice/fairness is firm and reliable like the highest mountains and as abundant as the water in the deepest sea. The psalmist uses a legal metaphor to describe God’s preservation of his creation. Like a just judge who vindicates the innocent, God protects his creation from destructive forces.
- Psalm 36:7 tn Or “valuable.”
- Psalm 36:7 tn Heb “and the sons of man in the shadow of your wings find shelter.” The preservation of physical life is in view, as the next verse makes clear.
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