Psalm 36 New King James Version

Man’s Wickedness and God’s Perfections

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.

36 An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked:
^(A)There is no fear of God before his eyes.
²For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
³The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
^(B)He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
⁴^(C)He devises wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself ^(D)in a way that is not good;
He does not ^[a]abhor ^(E)evil.

⁵Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
⁶Your righteousness is like the ^[b]great mountains;
^(F)Your judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

⁷How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men ^(G)put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
⁸^(H)They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from ^(I)the river of Your pleasures.
⁹^(J)For with You is the fountain of life;
^(K)In Your light we see light.

¹⁰Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
¹¹Let not the foot of pride come against me,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
¹²There the workers of iniquity have fallen;
They have been cast down and are not able to rise.