Psalms 36:6
6 Your justice is like the highest mountains, ▼▼ Heb “mountains of God.” The divine name אֵל (’el, “God”) is here used in an idiomatic manner to indicate the superlative.
your fairness like the deepest sea;
you preserve ▼
▼ Or “deliver.”
mankind and the animal kingdom. ▼▼ 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.
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