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Human Wickedness and God’s Love

For the music director. Of David, the servant of Yahweh.[a]

36 
An oracle: the wicked has rebellion

in the midst of his[b] heart.

There is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For he flatters himself in his eyes,

hating to detect his iniquity.[c]

3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit.

He has ceased to have insight and to do good.

4 He plans sin on his bed.

He puts himself on a way that is not good.

He does not reject evil.

5 O Yahweh, your loyal love extends into the heavens,

your faithfulness unto the clouds.

6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,[d]

your judgments like the great deep.

You save man and beast, O Yahweh.

7 How precious is your loyal love, O God,

and the children of humankind

take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

8 They are refreshed with the fullness[e] of your house,[f]

and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

9 For with you is the fountain of life;

in your light we see light.

10 Prolong your loyal love to those who know you,

and your righteousness to the upright of heart.

11 Do not let a foot of pride come against me,

nor let a wicked hand make me to wander homeless.

12 There doers of evil have fallen;

they are thrust down and not able to rise.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 36:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
  2. Psalm 36:1 Reading with a few Hebrew manuscripts and some versions; MT reads “my”
  3. Psalm 36:2 Or “when finding his iniquity and when hating”
  4. Psalm 36:6 Literally “like the mountains of God”
  5. Psalm 36:8 Literally “fatness”
  6. Psalm 36:8 Or “temple”