Psalm 36

PSALM 36

Wickedness of Men and Lovingkindness of God.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.

¹Transgression speaks to the ungodly within ¹his heart;

There is ^ano fear of God before his eyes.

²For ¹it ^aflatters him in his own eyes

Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

³The ^awords of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;

He has ^bceased to ¹be wise and to do good.

⁴He ^aplans wickedness upon his bed;

He sets himself on a ^bpath that is not good;

He ^cdoes not despise evil.

⁵Your ^alovingkindness, O Lord, ¹extends to the heavens,

Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

⁶Your ^arighteousness is like the ¹mountains of God;

Your ^bjudgments are like a great deep.

O Lord, You ^cpreserve man and beast.

⁷How ^aprecious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

And the children of men ^btake refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

⁸They ^adrink their fill of the ¹abundance of Your house;

And You give them to drink of the ^briver of Your delights.

⁹For with You is the ^afountain of life;

In Your light we see light.

¹⁰O continue Your lovingkindness to ^athose who know You,

And Your ^brighteousness to the upright in heart.

¹¹Let not the foot of pride come upon me,

And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

¹²There the doers of iniquity have fallen;

They have been thrust down and ^acannot rise.