Psalms 36:6
“Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.”
What does Psalms 36:6 mean?
The psalmist is painting a picture of God's character using nature's most overwhelming features, to show that His justice and goodness are vast beyond our ability to measure them. Mountains represent something immovable and eternal, while the deep ocean represents something we can't fully fathom or reach the bottom of, both saying that God's ways are bigger than we can comprehend. What makes this image tender, though, is the final line: despite how infinite and unknowable God is, He still cares enough to preserve both humans and animals, showing that His greatness doesn't make Him distant from creation but rather protective of it. It's a reminder for anyone feeling small or insignificant that the God who is boundless in wisdom and justice still notices you and sustains you.