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Psa. 36:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy righteousness is like the κgreat mountains; thy judgments are a greatb deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

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mountains of God.

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Rom. 11:33• ³³O depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! how unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways! (Rom. 11:33)

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righteousness.

Psa. 71:19• ¹⁹And thy righteousness, O God, [is] very high;{HR}Thou who hast done great things,{HR}O God, who [is] like thee? (Psa. 71:19)

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Psa. 97:2• ²Cloud and darkness [are] around him,{HR}Righteousness and judgment the foundation of his throne. (Psa. 97:2)

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Psa. 145:17• ¹⁷Righteous [is] Jehovah in all his ways,{HR}And gracious in all his works. (Psa. 145:17)

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Gen. 18:25• ²⁵Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked—far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right? (Gen. 18:25)

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Deut. 32:4• ⁴He is the Rock, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)

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Isa. 45:19,21‑24• ¹⁹I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I [am] Jehovah speaking righteousness, declaring things that are right.
²¹Declare, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it long ago? [Have] not I Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides me.
²²Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and there is none else.
²³I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
²⁴Only in Jehovah, shall [one] say, have I righteousness and strength: to him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. (Isa. 45:19,21‑24)

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Rom. 3:25• ²⁵whom God set forth as a propitiatory through faith in his blood, for a declaration of his righteousness on account of the praeter-mission of the sins that had been before, in the forbearance of God, (Rom. 3:25)

great mountains.

Heb. mountains of God.

Ex. 9:28• ²⁸Intreat Jehovah that it may be enough, that there be no more thunder of God and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer! (Ex. 9:28)

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1 Sam. 14:15• ¹⁵And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people. and among all the people; the garrison, and the ravagers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked; for it was a trembling from God. (1 Sam. 14:15)

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1 Sam. 14• (1 Sam. 14)

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judgments.

Psa. 77:19• ¹⁹In the sea [is] thy way, and thy paths in the great waters,{HR}And thy footsteps are not known. (Psa. 77:19)

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Psa. 92:5• ⁵How great are thy works, O Jehovah!{HR}Very deep [are] thy thoughts. (Psa. 92:5)

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Job 11:7‑9• ⁷Canst thou, searching, find out God?{HR}Canst thou the Almighty find out to perfection?
⁸Heights of heaven, what canst thou do?{HR}Deeper than hell, what canst thou know?
⁹Longer than the earth [is] its measure,{HR}And broader than the sea. (Job 11:7‑9)

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Job 37:23• ²³The Almighty! we do not find him out;{HR}Great in power and judgment,{HR}And great in righteousness, he will not give answer. (Job 37:23)

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Isa. 40:28• ²⁸Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [There is] no searching of his understanding. (Isa. 40:28)

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Jer. 12:1• ¹Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? (Jer. 12:1)

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Matt. 11:25‑26• ²⁵At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.
²⁶Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight. (Matt. 11:25‑26)

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Rom. 11:33• ³³O depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! how unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways! (Rom. 11:33)

thou.

Psa. 104:14‑35• ¹⁴He causeth to grow grass for the cattle{HR}And herb for the service of man,{HR}To bring forth bread from the earth;
¹⁵And wine that gladdeneth man's heart,{HR}To make [his] face shine with oil;{HR}And bread upholdeth man's heart.
¹⁶Satisfied are Jehovah's trees,{HR}Cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
¹⁷Where small birds nestle:{HR}[For] stork, firs [are] her house.
¹⁸The high mountains [are] for the wild goats,{HR}Crags a refuge for the rock-badgers.
¹⁹He made moon for seasons;{HR}Sun knoweth its down-going.
²⁰Thou settest darkness, and it is night,{HR}Wherein every beast of the forest moveth forth.
²¹The young lions roar for the prey,{HR}And for seeking their food from God .
²²The sun ariseth,{HR}They retire and lie down in their lairs.
²³Man goeth forth unto his work{HR}And unto his service until evening.
²⁴How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah!{HR}In wisdom hast thou wrought them all:{HR}The earth is full of thy riches.
²⁵Yonder [is] the sea, great and wide,{HR}Moving things there and without number,{HR}Living creatures small and great:
²⁶There ships go,{HR}This leviathan thou hast made to play therein;
²⁷All of them wait on thee{HR}To give [them] their food in its season.
²⁸Thou givest to them, they gather;{HR}Thou openest thy hand,{HR}They are satisfied with good.
²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled;{HR}Thou withdrawest their breath,{HR}They expire and return to their dust.
³⁰Thou sendest thy spirit,{HR}They are created;{HR}And thou renewest the face of the ground.
³¹Let Jehovah's glory be forever;{HR}Let Jehovah rejoice in his works.
³²He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth;{HR}He toucheth mountains, and they smoke.
³³I will sing unto Jehovah while I live,{HR}I will sing psalms unto my God while I have being.
³⁴My meditation on him will be sweet;{HR}I will rejoice in Jehovah.
³⁵Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth,{HR}And wicked men shall be no more.{HR}Bless Jehovah, my soul. Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 104:14‑35)

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Psa. 145:9• ⁹Good (is) Jehovah to the universe (the all),{HR}And his tender mercies [are] over all his works. (Psa. 145:9)

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Psa. 147:9• ⁹Giving to cattle their food,{HR}To young (sons of) ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:9)

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Job 7:20• ²⁰I have sinned; what could I do to thee?{HR}Watcher of men, why makest thou me thy mark,{HR}So that I am become a burden to myself? (Job 7:20)

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Jonah 4:11• ¹¹and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? (Jonah 4:11)

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Matt. 10:29‑30• ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father;
³⁰but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered. (Matt. 10:29‑30)

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1 Tim. 4:10• ¹⁰for unto this end we labour and suffer reproach, because we have our hope set on a living God who is Saviour of all men, especially of faithful [men]. (1 Tim. 4:10)

• Upon his faithfulness I can count. It lifts its head above the machinations of the wicked. The immutable principle of God's government in faithful love, His dealing in righteousness, is as firm and towering in strength as the mountains; his ways of judging and dealing as profound but as mighty as the great deep. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 33-36” by J.N. Darby)

• His righteousness is as stable as the mountains, and His judgments are as profound as a great deep. God’s preserving care is over all His creatures― “man and beast.” (“Psalm 36” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy righteousness is like the high mountainsc; thy judgments are a great deep: thou, Jehovah, preservest man and beast.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "mountains of *God." see Ps. 68.15; 80.10

W. Kelly Translation

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Thy righteousness is like [the] mountains of God,{HR}Thya judgments [are] a great deep;{HR}Thou savest man and beast, O Jehovah.

WK Translation Notes

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Hebrew El.