1 TO THE OVERSEER. BY A SERVANT OF YHWH, BY DAVID. The transgression of the wicked || Is affirming within my heart, “Fear of God is not before his eyes, 2 For he made [it] smooth to himself in his eyes, || To find his iniquity to be hated. 3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, || He ceased to act prudently—to do good. 4 He devises iniquity on his bed, || He stations himself on a way not good, || He does not refuse evil.” 5 O YHWH, Your kindness [is] in the heavens, || Your faithfulness [is] to the clouds. 6 Your righteousness [is] as mountains of God, || Your judgments [are] a great deep. You save man and beast, O YHWH. 7 How precious [is] Your kindness, O God, || And the sons of men trust || In the shadow of Your wings. 8 They are filled from the fatness of Your house, || And You cause them to drink the stream of Your delights. 9 For a fountain of life [is] with You, || In Your light we see light. 10 Draw out Your kindness to those knowing You, || And Your righteousness to the upright of heart. 11 Do not let a foot of pride meet me, || And do not let a hand of the wicked move me. 12 Workers of iniquity have fallen there, || They have been overthrown, || And have not been able to arise!
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Psalm 36 Literal Standard Version
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Cross references (12)
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- 1 Romans 3:18; Proverbs 16:6; Psalm 112:1; Titus 1:16; Psalm 143:12
- 2 Deuteronomy 29:19; Psalm 49:18; Psalm 10:3; Romans 7:9; 1 Samuel 15:18–24
- 3 Psalm 55:21; Jeremiah 4:22; Psalm 10:7; 1 John 2:19; Matthew 22:15–18
- 4 Micah 2:1; Proverbs 4:16; Isaiah 65:2; Romans 12:9; Acts 23:12
- 5 Psalm 100:5; Psalm 108:4; Psalm 103:11; Psalm 57:10; Hebrews 6:18–20
- 6 Romans 11:33; Psalm 77:19; Isaiah 40:28; Deuteronomy 32:4; 1 Timothy 4:10
- 7 Psalm 86:5; Ruth 2:12; 1 John 3:1; Psalm 91:4; 1 John 4:9–10
- 8 Psalm 16:11; Psalm 65:4; Isaiah 58:11; Jeremiah 31:12–14; Isaiah 25:6
- 9 John 8:12; John 4:14; 1 John 1:7; John 4:10; Revelation 21:6
- 10 Jeremiah 24:7; Hebrews 8:11; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 97:10–11; Jeremiah 22:16
- 11 Psalm 16:8; Isaiah 51:23; Psalm 123:3–4; Psalm 12:3–5; Job 40:11–12
- 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).
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)