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Psalms 36:5

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 36:6.

יְ֭הוָהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בְּהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםbehashamayimin the heavenשָׁמַיִםpreposition, definite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in the heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).חַסְדֶּ֑ךָchasdekhakindnessחֵסֵדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “kindness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2617kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beautyfavour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗emunatekhafaithאֱמוּנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “faith”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH530literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelityfaith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.שְׁחָקִֽיםshechaqimsmall dustשַׁחַקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “small dust”, the ordinary formH7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmamentcloud, small dust, heaven, sky.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(36-6) Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.

Young’s Literal Translation

O Jehovah, in the heavens [is] Thy kindness, Thy faithfulness [is] unto the clouds.

World English Bible

Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Darby Translation

Jehovah, thy loving-kindness is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.

Douay-Rheims

Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(36-6) Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

O Lord, thy mercy is in the heaven; and thy truth reaches to the clouds.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριε, ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθειά σου ἕως τῶν νεφελῶν.