New English Translation
Psalms 36:9
9For you are the one who gives and sustains life.
Psalms 36:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
- New International Version (NIV)For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.
Context of Psalms 36:9
7How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings. 8They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies. For you are the one who gives and sustains life. 10Extend your loyal love to your faithful followers, and vindicate the morally upright! 11Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!
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כִּֽי־עִ֭מְּךָ מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים בְּ֝אוֹרְךָ֗ נִרְאֶה־אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 36:9
- Isaiah 12:3Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.
- Jeremiah 2:13“Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”
- John 4:10Jesus answered her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
- John 7:37On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
- Revelation 21:6He also said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water free of charge from the spring of the water of life.
- Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say: “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.
- Psalms 27:1The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
- Job 29:3when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
- Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
- Isaiah 2:5O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light.
- Isaiah 60:1“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!
- Malachi 4:2But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
- John 1:8He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.
- John 8:12Then Jesus spoke out again, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
- James 1:17All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
Commentaries on Psalms 36:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9For with thee is the fountain of life - This, in Scripture phrase, may signify a spring of water; for such was called among the Jews living water, to distinguish it from ponds, tanks, and reservoirs, that were supplied by water either received from the clouds, or conducted into them by pipes and streams from other quarters. But there seems to be a higher allusion in the sacred text. חיים מקור עמך כי ki immecha mekor chaiyim, "For with thee is the vein of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For with thee is the fountain of life - The fountain or source from which all life flows. All living beings derive their origin from thee, as streams flow from fountains; all that is properly “called” life proceeds from thee; everything which makes life real life - which makes it desirable or happy - has its origin in thee. The psalmist evidently meant here to include more than mere “life” considered as animated existence. He recalls what he had referred…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. 9Light represents salvation and celebration (Psalms 18:25–29; 27:1; compare Psalm 35:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Light is an emblem of all blessings, given of God as a means to gain more.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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