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.

For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, 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.

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

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

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

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

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

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

Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the skies.

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

Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest 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!

How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

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

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

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

For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.

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

Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee, And thy 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.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

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

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.