Psalm 36

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 36

Human Wickedness and God’s Love

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

¹An oracle within my heart
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
There is no dread of God before his eyes,^(A)
²for in his own eyes he flatters himself too much
to discover and hate his sin.^(B)
³The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;^(C)
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.^(D)
⁴Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.^(E)
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.^(F)

⁵Lord, Your faithful love reaches to heaven,
Your faithfulness to the clouds.^(G)
⁶Your righteousness is like the highest mountains;
Your judgments, like the deepest sea.^(H)
Lord, You preserve man and beast.^(I)
⁷God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.^(J)
⁸They are filled from the abundance of Your house;
You let them drink from Your refreshing stream,^(K)
⁹for with You is life’s fountain.^(L)
In Your light we will see light.^(M)

¹⁰Spread Your faithful love over those who know You,
and Your righteousness over the upright in heart.^(N)
¹¹Do not let the foot of the arrogant man come near me
or the hand of the wicked one drive me away.^(O)
¹²There the evildoers fall;
they have been thrown down and cannot rise.^(P)