Psalms 36:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 36:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy righteousness - Thy justice; that is, the justice of God considered as residing in his own nature; his justice in his laws; his justice in his providential dealings; his justice in his plan o...
Psalms 36:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great (f) deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. (f) The depth of your providence governs all things, and disposes them,...
Psalms 36:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXVI. We have here two Pss. or fragments of two Pss.: A, Psalms 36:1-4 and possibly Psalms 36:12 , and B, Psalms 36:5-11 . XXXVI. A. Psalms 36:1-4 . A denunciation of wicked Jews, who mig...
Psalms 36:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Thy righteousness is as the mountains of God In this verse there is a commendation of God’s righteousness, which the sacred writer compares to the high mountains, (this being the manner o...
Psalms 36:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 560 GOD’S WORD AND WORKS MYSTERIOUS Psalms 36:6 . Thy judgments are a great deep. WE little think how highly privileged the meanest Christian is above all the sages of antiquity. Th...
Psalms 36:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains - כהררי אל keharerey El, like t...
Psalms 36:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou preservest man and beast— This seems at first sight to come in somewhat abruptly; but the Psalmist's meaning, was to express his sure dependence upon God, whose providence, as it extended over...
Psalms 36:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. Thy righteousness ... the great mountains - literally 'the mountains of G...
Psalms 36:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. consists of two strongly contrasted pictures, one of the wickedness of the wicked man ( Psalms 36:1-4 ), and one of the goodness of God ( Psalms 36:5-9 ), followed by a prayer that the Psalm...
Psalms 36:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Great mountains. — See margin, and compare Psalms 80:10 , “cedars of God.” So too the rain is called “God’s brook.” The epithet not only implies greatness and dignity, but also has reference to Go...
Psalms 36:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 36:1-12 THE supposition that the sombre picture of "the wicked" in Psalms 36:1-4 was originally unconnected with the glorious hymn in Psalms 36:5-9 fails to give weight to the differenc...
Psalms 36:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God the Fountain of Life Psalms 36:1-12 The servant of the Lord, as the superscription tells us, is speaking here. He is horror-stricken at the ways and thoughts of the ungodly. By a bold image...
Psalms 36:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The antithetical nature of this psalm is self-evident. In the first part (verses Psa 36:1-4), the reason and expression of the wickedness of the wicked are described. The one and only reason for tran...
Psalms 36:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a beautiful transition the Psalmist here hath made from the corruption of men, to contemplate the mercy and faithfulness of God? How beautiful also the highly finished comparisons here made of G...
Psalms 36:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains ,.... Or, "the mountains of God"; so called for their excellency, as the cedars of God, Psalms 80:10 ; or, as Gussetius e observes, the greatest and...
Psalms 36:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. Ver. 6. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ] Heb. mountains of...
Psalms 36:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens Where it reigns in perfection and to eternity; and from whence it is extended to the sinful and miserable children of men, who peculiarly need it And thy faith...
Psalms 36:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Amazing Goodness of God; Favour of God towards His People; David's Prayers, Intercessions and Triumphs....
Psalms 36:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy righteousness, in all thy counsels and ways in the government of the world, is like the great mountains; either, 1. Stedfast and unmovable. Or, 2. Eminent and conspicuous to all men. Or rat...
Psalms 36:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In Contrast To What Transgression Offers YHWH Offers Compassion, F Faithfulness, Righteousness, Justice, and The Preservation of Life ( Psalms 36:5-6 ). Psalms 36:5-6 ‘Your lovingkindness, O YH...
Psalms 36:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This psalm was written by David. From Psalms 36:1-4 he describes the rebellious; Psalms 36:5-9 he extols the various attributes of the Lord; and in Psalms 36:10-11 he add see the...
Psalms 36:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 36:5-7 The chief part of our text sets before us God in the variety and boundlessness of His loving nature, and the close of it shows us man sheltering beneath God's wings. I. We have, fir...
Psalms 36:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 36:1 . There is no fear of God before his eyes. David had some particular or general character of a wicked man before his eyes; a man who flattered himself as bearing an appearance of wisdo...
Psalms 36:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before hill eyes. A sharp contrast of sin and holiness I. the character of the wicked (Verses 1-4). Depravity...
Psalms 36:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS short psalm is mainly didactic. It places in contrast the extreme wickedness of the wicked and the inexhaustible fulness of love, faithfulness, and righteousness which characte...
Psalms 36:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Curse of Estrangement from God and the Blessing of Fellowship with Him. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical services of the Temple, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who...
Psalms 36:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:15 ; 1 Timothy 4:10 ; Deuteronomy 32:4 ; Exodus 9:28 ; Genesis 18:25 ; Isaiah 40:28 ; Isaiah 45:19 ; Isaiah 45:21-24 ; Jeremiah 12:1 ; Job 11:7-9 ; Job 37:23 ; Job 7:20 ; Jon...
Psalms 36:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mountains — Stedfast and unmoveable: eminent and conspicuous to all men. Judgments — The executions of thy counsels. Deep — Unsearchable, as the ocean. Man — The worst of men; yea, the brute — beas...

Psalms 36:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 36:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 36:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 36:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 36:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 36:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 36:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 36:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 36:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 36:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 36:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 36:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 36:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 36:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 36:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 36:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 36:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes