Psalm 36

Modern English Version

² For they flatter themselves in their own eyes,
    that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
³ The words of their mouth are wickedness and deceit;
    they have ceased to be wise and to do good.
⁴ They devise mischief on their bed;
    they set themselves on a path that is not good;
    they do not reject evil.

⁵ Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens,
    and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
⁶ Your righteousness is like the great mountains,
    Your judgments like the great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
⁷     How excellent is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore mankind
    seeks refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
⁸ They will drink their fill from the abundance of Your house,
    and You will cause them to drink from the river of Your pleasures.
⁹ For with You is the fountain of life;
    in Your light we see light.

¹⁰ Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
    and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
¹¹ Do not let the foot of the arrogant come against me,
    and do not let the hand of the wicked cause me to wander.
¹² There the workers of iniquity have fallen;
    they are cast down and not able to rise.