Psalms, 36

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0. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD.

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. Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; 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 flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

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 mischief and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and 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 plots mischief while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he spurns not evil.

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

5. Thy steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, thy faithfulness to 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 mountains of God, thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast thou savest, O LORD.

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

7. How precious is thy steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of thy wings.

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

8. They feast on the abundance of thy house, and thou givest them drink from the river of thy delights.

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 do 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 steadfast love to those who know thee, and thy salvation to the upright of heart!

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

11. Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

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

12. There the evildoers lie prostrate, they are thrust down, unable to rise.