Mazmur 36:5

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

(36-6) Ya TUHAN, kasih-Mu sampai ke langit, setia-Mu sampai ke awan.

Parallel Translations

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(36-6) Ya TUHAN, kasih-Mu sampai ke langit, setia-Mu sampai ke awan.

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Contextual Overview

⁵ Thy mercy O God reacheth vnto heauen: [and] thy faythfulnes vnto the cloudes. ⁶ Thy righteousnes is like the mountaynes of God: thy iudgementes are a great deapth, thou sauest both man and beast O God. ⁷ How excellent is thy mercy O Lord: therefore the chyldren of men shall put their trust vnder the shadowe of thy winges. ⁸ They shalbe satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house: and thou shalt geue them drinke out of the riuer of thy delicates. ⁹ For with thee is the fountaine of lyfe: and in thy light shall we see light. ¹⁰ O continue foorth thy louing kindnesse vnto them that knowe thee: and thy righteousnes vnto them that are of an vpright heart. ¹¹ O let not the foote of pryde reache vnto me: and let not the hande of the vngodly make me to moue [out of my place] ¹² There be the workers of iniquitie fallen: they are cast downe, and shall not be able to rise vp.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

mercy: Psalms 52:1, Psalms 57:10, Psalms 103:11, Psalms 108:4, Isaiah 55:7-9

faithfulness: Psalms 89:2, Psalms 92:2, Psalms 100:5, Matthew 24:35, Hebrews 6:18-20

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:10 - General 2 Chronicles 30:18 - The good Job 37:23 - in judgment Psalms 8:1 - thy Psalms 33:4 - all his Psalms 59:16 - sing aloud Psalms 71:19 - Thy righteousness Psalms 89:1 - thy faithfulness Psalms 97:6 - The heavens Psalms 138:2 - and praise Psalms 145:7 - abundantly Isaiah 55:9 - General Jeremiah 9:24 - lovingkindness Lamentations 3:23 - great Daniel 4:22 - thy greatness Acts 14:17 - in that Romans 2:2 - judgment 1 Corinthians 10:13 - but 1 Thessalonians 5:24 - Faithful

Cross-References

Genesis 35:29
And Isahac decayed away, and dyed, and was layde vnto his people, beyng olde and full of dayes: and his sonnes Esau and Iacob buryed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thy mercy, O Lord, [is] in the heavens,.... Meaning either the general mercy of God the earth is full of, and extends to all creatures; to which it is owing that wicked men before described are not consumed; and which reaches "up to the heavens" d, as the words are by some rendered, as their sins do; see Psalms 57:10; or the special mercy of God, and regards not the objects of it, creatures in heaven; for there at, none there proper objects of mercy; but the seat of it, the heart of God, who is in heaven; or the repository of it, the covenant of grace, which is full of the sure mercies of David; and of mercy there was a most glaring instance, when the son of God was sent down from heaven, to obtain salvation for sinful men; or it may denote the original of it, the heaven, being, as Aben Ezra observes some Jewish interpreters say, the fountain of mercy, and the spring of truth; or the greatness and abundance of it, it being as high as heaven, yea, above it; see Psalms 103:11;

[and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds; which lies in the execution of his purposes, whose counsels of old were faithfulness and truth; and in keeping his covenant and promises; he never changes his mind, nor forgets his word; he is a God of truth, and cannot lie; he knows the end from the beginning; no unforeseen event can turn up to hinder the performance of what he has purposed and promised, and he is able to perform; nor does ever any of the good things he has spoken of fail: though his faithfulness sometimes seems to be not only to the clouds, but in them, and out of sight; providences seem to clash with promises, which make unbelief to say, doth his promise fail for evermore? yet, though we believe not, he abides faithful, Psalms 77:8 2 Timothy 2:13.

d בהשמים "usque ad coelos", Pagninus, Musculus, Muis, Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Kimchi & Noldius, p. 164. No. 744. & Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens - This commences the second part of the psalm - the description of the character of God in contrast with the character of the wicked man. The meaning here is, evidently, that the mercy of God is very exalted; to the very heavens, as high as the highest object of which man can conceive. Thus, we speak of virtue as “exalted,” or virtue of the “highest kind.” The idea is not that the mercy of God is “manifested” in heaven, for, mercy being favor shown to the guilty, there is no occasion for it in heaven; nor is the idea that mercy, as shown to man, has its “origin” in heaven, which is indeed true in itself; but it is, as above explained, that it is of the most exalted nature; that it is as high as man can conceive.

And thy faithfulness - Thy “truthfulness;” thy fidelity to thy promises and to thy friends.

Reacheth “unto the clouds.” The clouds are among the highest objects. They rise above the loftiest trees, and ascend above the mountains, and seem to lie or roll along the sky. The idea here, therefore, as in the first part of the verse, is, that it is elevated or exalted.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 36:5. Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens — That is, thou art abundant, infinite in thy mercy; else such transgressors must be immediately cut off; but thy long-suffering is intended to lead them to repentance.

Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds — עד שחקים ad shechakim, to the eternal regions; above all visible space. God's faithfulness binds him to fulfil the promises and covenants made by his mercy. Blessings from the heavens, from the clouds, from the earth, are promised by God to his followers; and his faithfulness is in all those places, to distribute to his followers the mercies he has promised.