Psalms 36

For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the Lord.

1Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts.#36:1 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac version, which read in his heart. Masoretic Text reads in my heart.

They have no fear of God at all.

2In their blind conceit,

they cannot see how wicked they really are.

3Everything they say is crooked and deceitful.

They refuse to act wisely or do good.

4They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots.

Their actions are never good.

They make no attempt to turn from evil.

5Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heavens;

your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

6Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,

your justice like the ocean depths.

You care for people and animals alike, O Lord.

7How precious is your unfailing love, O God!

All humanity finds shelter

in the shadow of your wings.

8You feed them from the abundance of your own house,

letting them drink from your river of delights.

9For you are the fountain of life,

the light by which we see.

10Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you;

give justice to those with honest hearts.

11Don’t let the proud trample me

or the wicked push me around.

12Look! Those who do evil have fallen!

They are thrown down, never to rise again.

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Psalms 36

Psalm 36

Wickedness of Men and Lovingkindness of God.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.

1Transgression speaks [like an oracle] to the wicked (godless) [deep] within his heart;

There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes. [Rom 3:18]

2For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes

Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].

3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;

He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

4He plans wrongdoing on his bed;

He sets himself on a path that is not good;

He does not reject or despise evil.

5¶Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies,

Your faithfulness [reaches] to the clouds.

6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,

Your judgments are like the great deep.

O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

7How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

8They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;

And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.

9For with You is the fountain of life [the fountain of life-giving water];

In Your light we see light. [John 4:10, 14]

10¶O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,

And Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart.

11Do not let the foot of the proud [person] overtake me,

And do not let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

12There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;

They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

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