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Psalms 36:5
5Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies, Your faithfulness [reaches] to the clouds.
Psalms 36:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
- New International Version (NIV)Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Context of Psalms 36:5
3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. 4He plans wrongdoing on his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not reject or despise evil. Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies, Your faithfulness [reaches] to the clouds. 6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgments are like the great deep. O Lord, You preserve man and beast. 7How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
Read all of Psalms 36Psalms 36:5 word by word
יְ֭הוָה בְּהַשָּׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ עַד־שְׁחָקִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 36:5
- Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
- Psalms 57:10For Your faithfulness and lovingkindness are great, reaching to the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.
- Psalms 103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
- Psalms 108:4For Your lovingkindness is great and higher than the heavens; Your truth reaches to the skies.
- Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked leave (behind) his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion (mercy) on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
- Psalms 89:2For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”
- Psalms 92:2To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night,
- Psalms 100:5For the Lord is good; His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting, His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
- Hebrews 6:18so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.
Commentaries on Psalms 36:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens - That is, thou art abundant, infinite in thy mercy; else such transgressors must be immediately cut off; but thy long-suffering is intended to lead them to repentance. Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds - שחקים עד ad shechakim, to the eternal regions; above all visible space. God's faithfulness binds him to fulfill the promises and covenants made by his mercy. Blessings from the heavens, from the clouds, from…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens - This commences the second part of the psalm - the description of the character of God in contrast with the character of the wicked man. The meaning here is, evidently, that the mercy of God is very exalted; to the very heavens, as high as the highest object of which man can conceive. Thus, we speak of virtue as “exalted,” or virtue of the “highest kind.” The idea is not that the mercy of God is “manifested” in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 Men may shut up their compassion, yet, with God we shall find mercy. This is great comfort to all believers, plainly to be seen, and not to be taken away. God does all wisely and well; but what he does we know not now, it is time enough to know hereafter. God's loving-kindness is precious to the saints. They put themselves under his protection, and then are safe and easy. Gracious souls, though still desiring more of God, never desire more…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6God’s all-encompassing goodness surpasses that of the created order. God graciously meets his people’s practical needs.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. mercy ... and ... faithfulness--as mercy and truth (Psa 25:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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