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Psalm 36
New King James Version

### Man’s Wickedness and God’s Perfections

#### To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.

36 An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked:
(A)There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
(B)He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4 (C)He devises wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself (D)in a way that is not good;
He does not [a]abhor (E)evil.

5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the [b]great mountains;
(F)Your judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men (G)put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
8 (H)They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from (I)the river of Your pleasures.
9 (J)For with You is the fountain of life;
(K)In Your light we see light.

10 Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 There the workers of iniquity have fallen;
They have been cast down and are not able to rise.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 36:4 reject, loathe
2. Psalm 36:6 Lit. mountains of God

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 36:1 : Rom. 3:18
2. Psalm 36:3 : Ps. 94:8; Jer. 4:22
3. Psalm 36:4 : Prov. 4:16; [Mic. 2:1]
4. Psalm 36:4 : Is. 65:2
5. Psalm 36:4 : [Ps. 52:3; Rom. 12:9]
6. Psalm 36:6 : Job 11:8; Ps. 77:19; [Rom. 11:33]
7. Psalm 36:7 : Ruth 2:12; Ps. 17:8; 57:1; 91:4
8. Psalm 36:8 : Ps. 63:5; 65:4; Is. 25:6; Jer. 31:12–14
9. Psalm 36:8 : Ps. 46:4; Rev. 22:1
10. Psalm 36:9 : [Jer. 2:13; John 4:10, 14]
11. Psalm 36:9 : [1 Pet. 2:9]

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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