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Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.
Psalms 36:5 — KJV
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Psalms 36:5
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Psalms 36:5
Theological / DevotionalThy mercy. Heb. chesed (see on v. 7). With startling abruptness and in striking contrast with the matter of vs. 1–4, the psalmist turns to extolling the mercy and faithfulness of God (see on Ps. 33:4). Such abrupt transition is typically Hebraic.
In the heavens. The psalmist seems to soar suddenly upward, above the depravity of humanity, to the limitless spaces where dwell the attributes of God. Because the Hebrew preposition be, “in,” may also mean “from,” as shown by Ugaritic parallels (see pp. 618, 619; see on Ps. 18:13), this passage should probably be understood as stating that God’s loving-kindness comes “from the heavens.”
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