Psalms 36
36
Human Wickedness and Divine Providence
1For the leader. Of David, the servant of the Lord.
I
2Sin directs the heart of the wicked man;
his eyes are closed to the fear of God.#Rom 3:18.
3For he lives with the delusion:
his guilt will not be known and hated.#Hated: punished by God.
4Empty and false are the words of his mouth;
he has ceased to be wise and do good.
5On his bed he hatches plots;
he sets out on a wicked way;
he does not reject evil.#Mi 2:1.
II
6#God actively controls the entire world.Lord, your mercy reaches to heaven;
your fidelity, to the clouds.#Ps 57:11; 71:19.
7Your justice is like the highest mountains;
your judgments, like the mighty deep;
human being and beast you sustain, Lord.
8How precious is your mercy, O God!
The children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings.#The shadow of your wings: metaphor for divine protection. It probably refers to the winged cherubim in the holy of holies in the Temple, cf. 1 Kgs 6:23–28, 32; 2 Chr 3:10–13; Ez 1:4–9.#Ps 17:8.
9They feast on the rich food of your house;
from your delightful stream#Gn 2:8, 10. you give them drink.
10For with you is the fountain of life,#Is 55:1; Jn 4:14.
and in your light we see light.#Ps 80:4, 8, 20.
11Show mercy on those who know you,
your just defense to the upright of heart.
12Do not let the foot of the proud overtake me,
nor the hand of the wicked disturb me.
13There make the evildoers fall;
thrust them down, unable to rise.
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Psalm 36
36
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.
1The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart,
That there is no fear of God before his eyes.
2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit:
He hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
4He deviseth mischief upon his bed;
He setteth himself in a way that is not good;
He abhorreth not evil.
5Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens;
And thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
6Thy righteousness is like the great mountains;
Thy judgments are a great deep:
O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
7How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;
And thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9For with thee is the fountain of life:
In thy light shall we see light.
10O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee;
And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11Let not the foot of pride come against me,
And let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
12There are the workers of iniquity fallen:
They are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
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