Psalms 36
36
PSALM 36
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord.
1The wicked man's transgression
within my heart thus says,
Undoubtedly the fear of God
is not before his eyes.
2Because himself he flattereth
in his own blinded eye,
Until the hatefulness be found
of his iniquity.
3Words from his mouth proceeding are,
fraud and iniquity:
He to be wise, and to do good,
hath left off utterly.
4He mischief, lying on his bed,
most cunningly doth plot:
He sets himself in ways not good,
ill he abhorreth not.
5Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heav'ns;
thy truth doth reach the clouds:
6Thy justice is like mountains great;
thy judgments deep as floods:
Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
7How precious is thy grace!
Therefore in shadow of thy wings
men's sons their trust shall place.
8They with the fatness of thy house
shall be well satisfy'd;
From rivers of thy pleasures thou
wilt drink to them provide.
9Because of life the fountain pure
remains alone with thee;
And in that purest light of thine
we clearly light shall see.
10Thy loving-kindness unto them
continue that thee know;
And still on men upright in heart
thy righteousness bestow.
11Let not the foot of cruel pride
come, and against me stand;
And let me not removed be,
Lord, by the wicked's hand.
12There fallen are they, and ruined,
that work iniquities:
Cast down they are, and never shall
be able to arise.
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Psalms 36
36
Psalm 36
The Lord's servant, David, wrote this song for the music leader.
A message from God
1A wicked person turns against God completely.
He does not respect God.
2He is too proud to think about his sin,
so he does not hate it.
3He speaks wicked things to deceive people.
He does nothing that is wise or good.
4While he lies on his bed at night,
he thinks about bad things that he can do.
He lives only to do things that are not good.
He does not turn away from evil things.
5 Lord your faithful love reaches as high as the sky.
People can trust you beyond the clouds.
6Your justice is like the strongest mountains.
You always do what is right,
more than the seas are deep. #36:6 The sky, the clouds, the mountains and the seas are all bigger than we can understand. But God is much greater than all these things that he has made.
You take care of people and animals
and you keep them safe.
7God, your faithful love has great value!
You keep all humans safe,
like birds protect their babies under their wings.
8You have plenty of food in your house,
to give them all that they need.
You give them water from your river,
that makes them happy when they drink it.
9Yes, you are the one who gives us light and life.
10Continue to love those who serve you as your people.
Let good, honest people receive your justice.
11Do not let proud people hurt me.
Do not let evil people chase me away from home.
12Now I see that those wicked people have fallen down!
They are lying there on the ground,
and they cannot get up again!
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