Mazmur 36:6

36:6 Your justice is like the highest mountains, ¹ 

your fairness like the deepest sea;

you preserve ²  mankind and the animal kingdom. ³ 

Mazmur 145:9

145:9 The Lord is good to all,

and has compassion on all he has made. ⁴ 

Mazmur 147:9

147:9 He gives food to the animals,

and to the young ravens when they chirp. ⁵ 

[36:6]  ¹ tn Heb “mountains of God.” The divine name אֵל (’el, “God”) is here used in an idiomatic manner to indicate the superlative.

[36:6]  ² tn Or “deliver.”

[36:6]  ³ sn God’s justice/fairness is firm and reliable like the highest mountains and as abundant as the water in the deepest sea. The psalmist uses a legal metaphor to describe God’s preservation of his creation. Like a just judge who vindicates the innocent, God protects his creation from destructive forces.

[145:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his compassion is over all his works.”

[147:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “which cry out.”