Psa 36:10 | NETfull | STEP | Extend your loyal love to your faithful followers, and vindicate the morally upright!

Psalms 36:10

10 Extend ^{▼▼ Heb “draw out to full length.”} your loyal love to your faithful followers, ^{▼▼ Heb “to those who know you.” The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yada’, “know”) is used here of those who “know” the Lord in the sense that they recognize his royal authority and obey his will (see Jer 22:16).}
and vindicate ^{▼▼ Heb “and your justice to.” The verb “extend” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the previous line).} the morally upright! ^{▼▼ Heb “the pure of heart.” The “heart” is here viewed as the seat of one’s moral character and motives. The “pure of heart” are God’s faithful followers who trust in and love the Lord and, as a result, experience his deliverance (see Pss 7:10; 11:2; 32:11; 64:10; 94:15; 97:11).}