Psalm 36:6
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
Key Terms in This Verse
חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Study H8415 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest t...
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do rig...
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
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