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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Tehillim (Psa) 36
36
1For the leader. By David, the servant of Adonai:
2Crime speaks to the wicked.
I perceive this in my heart;
before his eyes there is no fear
of God.
3For, the way he sees it,
crime makes his life easy —
that is, until his wrongs are discovered;
then, he is hated.
4His words are wrong and deceitful;
he has stopped being wise and doing good.
5He devises trouble as he lies in bed;
so set is he on his own bad way
that he doesn’t hate evil.
6Adonai, in the heavens is your grace;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
7Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
your judgments are like the great deep.
You save man and beast, Adonai.
8How precious, God, is your grace!
People take refuge in the shadow of your wings,
9they feast on the rich bounty of your house,
and you have them drink from the stream of your delights.
10For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
11Continue your grace to those who know you
and your righteousness to the upright in heart.
12Don’t let the foot of the proud tread on me
or the hands of the wicked drive me away.
13There they lie fallen, those evildoers,
flung down and unable to rise.
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