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Psalm 36 Geneva Bible (1599)

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1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, the servant of the Lord. Wickedness sayeth to the wicked man, euen in mine heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.
1 For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh. A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For hee flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is foud worthy to be hated.
2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.
3 The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.
3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4 Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.
4 He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.
5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth vnto the heauens, and thy faithfulnesse vnto the cloudes.
5 Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
6 Thy righteousnesse is like the mightie moutaines: thy iudgements are like a great deepe: thou, Lord, doest saue man and beast.
6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
7 How excellent is thy mercy, O God! therefore the children of men trust vnder the shadowe of thy wings.
7 How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
8 They shall be satisfied with the fatnesse of thine house, and thou shalt giue them drinke out of the riuer of thy pleasures.
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
9 For with thee is the well of life, and in thy light shall we see light.
9 For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.
10 Extend thy louing kindnes vnto them that knowe thee, and thy righteousnesse vnto them that are vpright in heart.
10 Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not ye foote of pride come against me, and let not the hand of ye wicked men moue me.
11 Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 There they are fallen that worke iniquity: they are cast downe, and shall not be able to rise.
12 There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
Cross references (12)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Romans 3:18; Proverbs 16:6; Psalm 112:1; Titus 1:16; Psalm 143:12
  2. 2 Deuteronomy 29:19; Psalm 49:18; Psalm 10:3; Romans 7:9; 1 Samuel 15:18–24
  3. 3 Psalm 55:21; Jeremiah 4:22; Psalm 10:7; 1 John 2:19; Matthew 22:15–18
  4. 4 Micah 2:1; Proverbs 4:16; Isaiah 65:2; Romans 12:9; Acts 23:12
  5. 5 Psalm 100:5; Psalm 108:4; Psalm 103:11; Psalm 57:10; Hebrews 6:18–20
  6. 6 Romans 11:33; Psalm 77:19; Isaiah 40:28; Deuteronomy 32:4; 1 Timothy 4:10
  7. 7 Psalm 86:5; Ruth 2:12; 1 John 3:1; Psalm 91:4; 1 John 4:9–10
  8. 8 Psalm 16:11; Psalm 65:4; Isaiah 58:11; Jeremiah 31:12–14; Isaiah 25:6
  9. 9 John 8:12; John 4:14; 1 John 1:7; John 4:10; Revelation 21:6
  10. 10 Jeremiah 24:7; Hebrews 8:11; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 97:10–11; Jeremiah 22:16
  11. 11 Psalm 16:8; Isaiah 51:23; Psalm 123:3–4; Psalm 12:3–5; Job 40:11–12
  12. 12 Psalm 1:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9; Revelation 19:1–6; Psalm 140:10; Revelation 15:4

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XXXV)

    The title of it causeth us no delay, for it is both brief, and to be understood not difficult, especially to those nursed in the Church of God. For so it is, "To David himself." The Psalm then is to David himself: now David is interpreted, Strong in hand, or Desirable.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 36:7 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV, Chapter XVI)

    O Lord our God, under the shadow of Thy wings let us hope, defend us, and carry us.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 36:5 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VIII)

    Some also sharing their error and misusing the text which says, "And Thy truth unto the clouds," have dared to circumscribe God's providence by the clouds and the heaven, and to alienate from God the things on earth; having forgotten the Psalm which says, If I go up into heaven, Thou art there, if I go down into hell, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 36:9 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IX, Chapters IX–X)

    But yet we opened wide the mouth of our heart, after those supernal streams of Thy fountain, "the fountain of life," which is "with Thee;" that being sprinkled with it according to our capacity, we might in some measure weigh so high a mystery.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  5. Quotes verse 36:9 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIV)

    It is the Saviour Himself, concerning whom it is written, For with Thee is the fountain of life.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)