Psa 36:6-9 | NETfull | STEP | Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.

Psalms 36:6-9

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.}
7 How precious ^{▼▼ Or “valuable.”} is your loyal love, O God!
The human race finds shelter under your wings. ^{▼▼ Heb “and the sons of man in the shadow of your wings find shelter.” The preservation of physical life is in view, as the next verse makes clear.}
8 They are filled with food from your house,
and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
9 For you are the one who gives
and sustains life. ^{▼▼ Heb “for with you is the fountain of life, in your light we see light.” Water (note “fountain”) and light are here metaphors for life.}