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.

The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, that 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 flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

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 has left off 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 devises mischief on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.

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

Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches 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.

Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: 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!

How excellent is your loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your 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 your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

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

For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light.

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

O continue your loving kindness to them that 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.

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

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

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