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Psalms 36:5
5Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.
Context of Psalms 36:5
3The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good. 4Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong. Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. 6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals. 7How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People 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
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Cross-references for Psalms 36:5
- Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
- Psalms 57:10For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
- Psalms 108:4For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
- Psalms 89:2I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
- Psalms 92:2proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
- Psalms 100:5For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Hebrews 6:18God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.
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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