36 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. By David, the servant of Adonai:

^2 (1) Crime speaks to the wicked.
I perceive this in my heart;
before his eyes there is no fear
of God.
^3 (2) For, the way he sees it,
crime makes his life easy —
that is, until his wrongs are discovered;
then, he is hated.
^4 (3) His words are wrong and deceitful;
he has stopped being wise and doing good.
^5 (4) He devises trouble as he lies in bed;
so set is he on his own bad way
that he doesn’t hate evil.

^6 (5) Adonai, in the heavens is your grace;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
^7 (6) Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
your judgments are like the great deep.
You save man and beast, Adonai.
^8 (7) How precious, God, is your grace!
People take refuge in the shadow of your wings,
^9 (8) they feast on the rich bounty of your house,
and you have them drink from the stream of your delights.
^10 (9) For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
^11 (10) Continue your grace to those who know you
and your righteousness to the upright in heart.
^12 (11) Don’t let the foot of the proud tread on me
or the hands of the wicked drive me away.
^13 (12) There they lie fallen, those evildoers,
flung down and unable to rise.