Psalms, 36

1. [For the choirmaster Of the servant of Yahweh Of David] Sin is the oracle of the wicked in the depths of his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

1. <To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD.> The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.

2. He sees himself with too flattering an eye to detect and detest his guilt;

2. For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

3. all he says is malicious and deceitful, he has turned his back on wisdom. To get his way

3. The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

4. he hatches malicious plots even in his bed; once set on his evil course no wickedness is too much for him.

4. He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.

5. Yahweh, your faithful love is in the heavens, your constancy reaches to the clouds,

5. Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.

6. your saving justice is like towering mountains, your judgements like the mighty deep. Yahweh, you support both man and beast;

6. Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

7. how precious, God, is your faithful love. So the children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

7. How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

8. They feast on the bounty of your house, you let them drink from your delicious streams;

8. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

9. in you is the source of life, by your light we see the light.

9. For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

10. Maintain your faithful love to those who acknowledge you, and your saving justice to the honest of heart.

10. O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

11. Do not let the foot of the arrogant overtake me or wicked hands drive me away.

11. Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

12. There they have fallen, the evil-doers, flung down, never to rise again.

12. There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.