Psalms 36

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

4 Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

7 How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

8 They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

10 Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

11 Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

12 There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.

1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.

5 ¶ Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.

6 Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

7 How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

9 For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

1 To sing a psalm of David the servant of the LORD.

2 It is spoken of the wicked from the bottom of my heart, that there is no fear of God in them.

3 they adorn themselves among themselves, that they may promote their evil cause, and revile others.

4 All their doctrine is pernicious and false: neither can they be taught that they do good,

5 But they seek to do harm in their camp, and stand fast in the evil way, and spare no evil.

6 O LORD, thy lovingkindness reacheth unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

7 Thy righteousness standeth as the mountains of God, and thy judgment as the great deep. O LORD, thou helpest both man and beast.

8 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God, that the children of men should trust under the shadow of thy wings!

9 They shall be of the riches of thy house, and thou shalt water them with lust as with a river.

10 For with thee is the living fountain, and in thy light we see the light.

11 Spread thy lovingkindness over them that know thee, and thy righteousness over the upright.

12 Let not the proud tread me down, neither let the hand of the wicked overthrow me,

13 But let them that do evil fall there, that they may be cast out, and not remain.