Psalm 36:5-11
Good News Translation
The Goodness of God
5 Lord, your constant love reaches the heavens;
your faithfulness extends to the skies.
6 Your righteousness is towering like the mountains;
your justice is like the depths of the sea.
People and animals are in your care.
7 How precious, O God, is your constant love!
We find[a] protection under the shadow of your wings.
8 We feast on the abundant food you provide;
you let us drink from the river of your goodness.
9 You are the source of all life,
and because of your light we see the light.
10 Continue to love those who know you
and to do good to those who are righteous.
11 Do not let proud people attack me
or the wicked make me run away.
Footnotes
- Psalm 36:7 precious, O God, is … find; or precious is your constant love! Gods and people find.
Psalm 36:5-12
The Message
5-6 God’s love is meteoric,
his loyalty astronomic,
His purpose titanic,
his verdicts oceanic.
Yet in his largeness
nothing gets lost;
Not a man, not a mouse,
slips through the cracks.
7-9 How exquisite your love, O God!
How eager we are to run under your wings,
To eat our fill at the banquet you spread
as you fill our tankards with Eden spring water.
You’re a fountain of cascading light,
and you open our eyes to light.
10-12 Keep on loving your friends;
do your work in welcoming hearts.
Don’t let the bullies kick me around,
the moral midgets slap me down.
Send the upstarts sprawling
flat on their faces in the mud.
Psalm 36:5-11
New International Version
5 Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness(A) to the skies.(B)
6 Your righteousness(C) is like the highest mountains,(D)
your justice like the great deep.(E)
You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.(F)
7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!(G)
People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(H)
8 They feast on the abundance of your house;(I)
you give them drink from your river(J) of delights.(K)
9 For with you is the fountain of life;(L)
in your light(M) we see light.
Psalm 36:5-11
King James Version
5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
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Psalm 36:5-11
New King James Version
5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the [a]great mountains;
(A)Your judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men (B)put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
8 (C)They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from (D)the river of Your pleasures.
9 (E)For with You is the fountain of life;
(F)In Your light we see light.
10 Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Footnotes
- Psalm 36:6 Lit. mountains of God
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