Psalms, 36

To the director. Of Jehovah’s^*1 servant, David.

¹ The utterance of transgression to the wicked one is in the midst of his^*1 heart; There is no dread of God in front of his eyes.

² For he has acted too smoothly to himself in his own eyes To find out his error so as to hate [it].

³ The words of his mouth are hurtfulness and deception; He has ceased to have insight for doing good.

⁴ Hurtfulness is what he keeps scheming upon his bed. He stations himself on a way that is not good. What is bad he does not reject.

⁵ O Jehovah,^*1 your loving-kindness^*2 is in the heavens; Your faithfulness is up to the clouds.

⁶ Your righteousness is like mountains of God;^*1 Your judicial decision is a vast watery deep.^*2 Man^*3 and beast you save, O Jehovah.

⁷ How precious your loving-kindness is, O God!^*1 And in the shadow of your wings the sons of men themselves take refuge.

⁸ They drink their fill of the fatness of your house; And of the torrent of your pleasures you cause them to drink.

⁹ For with you is the source^*1 of life; By light from you we can see light.

¹⁰ Continue your loving-kindness to those knowing you, And your righteousness to those upright in heart.

¹¹ O may not the foot of haughtiness come [against] me; As for the hand of wicked people, let it not make me a wanderer.

¹² There the practicers of hurtfulness have fallen; They have been pushed down and have been unable to get up.