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Your covenant faithfulness ... reaches to the heavens
The greatness of God's covenant faithfulness is spoken of as if it were an object that reached as high as the heavens. The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated as an adjective. AT: "Your covenant faithfulness ... is very great" or "You ... are as faithful to your covenant as the heavens are high above the earth" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
reaches to the clouds
The greatness of God's loyalty is spoken of as if it was very high. AT: "is as high as the clouds" or "is enormously great" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
like the mountains of God ... like the great deep
These phrases describe the greatness of God's righteousness and judgments as if they were very high and deep. AT: "as high as the highest mountains ... as deep as the deepest sea" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
you preserve
"you help" or "you save"