Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
The setting
Ancient Israel, ~1000 BC. David or temple musician contemplating God's character amid questions of justice and mercy...
The emotion here: overwhelmed by the mystery of God's vastness
The original word
tsedaqah (צְדָקָה) — not just moral rightness, but covenant faithfulness and setting things right
Why it matters
Ancient Near Eastern mountains were considered dwelling places of gods, making this comparison deeply meaningful
Read with care
What most readers miss in Psalms 36:6
The 'great deep' (tehom) is the same word used for primordial chaos waters in Genesis 1:2
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about God being distant and unknowable, but it's actually about His justice being more reliable than mountains and deeper than oceans - unshakeable and inexhaustible.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Psalms 36:6
Bible Genome reading
Psalms 36:6 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Psalms 36:6 comes from the book of Psalms, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to David. The dominant emotion in this verse is worship, with a comfort power of 80% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the psalm genre of biblical literature. Key themes include God's righteousness, divine justice, universal care. Notable phrases: righteousness like the mountains; preserve man and animal. This verse is a prayer.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same worship
“Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:”
— Deuteronomy 6:4
“and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”
— Deuteronomy 6:5
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”
— Ecclesiastes 3:1
“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”
— John 14:6
“Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."”
— John 8:58
Your reflection
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