Psalm 36:5-7 Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.… I. THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JEHOVAH WAS FIXED AND UNCHANGEABLE. Nothing in the world so impresses the mind with the idea of unchangeableness as the great mountains. All things on, beneath and around them change, but they remain the same. And so it is with God's righteousness. II. IT IS ONLY AS YOU COME NEAR THE GREAT MOUNTAINS THAT THEIR REAL GREATNESS APPEARS. So also is it with God's righteousness. The man who has climbed highest in the way of righteousness knows best how great is the distance he has yet to climb. III. ONLY AS THE SUN LIFTS THE CLOUDS ARE THE HIGH SUMMITS CLEARLY REVEALED. And so in regard to God, clouds and darkness are round about Him; and it is only as the Sun of Righteousness arises, that we can look upon God. You cannot see the mountains without the sun — the moon is only reflected sunlight — and so all true vision of God is by means of Christ. (W. O. Horder.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.WEB: Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. |
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