Psalm 36:6

36:6 Your justice is like the highest mountains,9

your fairness like the deepest sea;

you preserve10 mankind and the animal kingdom.11

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9	tn Heb “mountains of God.” The divine name אֵל (’el, “God”) is here used in an idiomatic manner to indicate the superlative.
10	tn Or “deliver.”
11	sn God’s justice/fairness is firm and reliable like the highest mountains and as abundant as the water in the deepest sea. The psalmist uses a legal metaphor to describe God’s preservation of his creation. Like a just judge who vindicates the innocent, God protects his creation from destructive forces.