Psalms 36:5,6 - 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 faithfulness The truth, both of thy threatenings against thine enemies, and of thy promises made to good men; reacheth unto the clouds Is far above our reach, greater and higher than we can apprehend it. As if he had said, Mine enemies are cruel and perfidious, but thou art infinite in mercy and faithfulness, and in righteousness and lovingkindness, as it here follows: and, therefore, though I despair of them, yet I trust in thee, as other men do for these reasons. Thy righteousness In all thy counsels and ways in the government of the world; is like the great mountains Steadfast and immoveable: eminent and conspicuous to all men. Thy judgments The executions of thy counsels, or the administration of the affairs of the world, and of thy church; are a great deep Unsearchable as the ocean. O Lord, thou preservest man and beast The worst of men, yea, even the brute beasts have experience of thy care and kindness, and therefore I have no reason to doubt of it.