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To the Director: By the servant of the Lord, David.

An Oracle from the Lord

36 An oracle that came to me[a] about the transgressions of the wicked:

There is no fear of God before his eyes.
He flatters himself[b] too much[c] to discover his transgression and hate it.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 36:1 So MT DSS 4QPsa; lit. oracle in the midst of my heart; Syr Origen read of his heart
  2. Psalm 36:2 Lit. himself in his own eyes
  3. Psalm 36:2 The Heb. lacks too much

Psalm 36[a]

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord.

I have a message from God in my heart
    concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:[b](A)
There is no fear(B) of God
    before their eyes.(C)

In their own eyes they flatter themselves
    too much to detect or hate their sin.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 36:1 In Hebrew texts 36:1-12 is numbered 36:2-13.
  2. Psalm 36:1 Or A message from God: The transgression of the wicked / resides in their hearts.