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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Psalms 36
36
To the Overseer. — By a servant of Jehovah, by David.
1The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, ‘Fear of God is not before his eyes,
2For he made [it] smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.
3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently — to do good.
4Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.’
5O Jehovah, in the heavens [is] Thy kindness, Thy faithfulness [is] unto the clouds.
6Thy righteousness [is] as mountains of God, Thy judgments [are] a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.
7How precious [is] Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.
8They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.
9For with Thee [is] a fountain of life, In Thy light we see light.
10Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart.
11Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.
12There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!
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