Chapter 36
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
A. M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.) A psalm. This Psalm is supposed by some to have been composed by David at the beginning of Saul's persecutions; but Calmet and others, on good grounds, are of opinion that it was written during the Babylonian captivity
servant
18:1 90:1 *titles; 143:12 Deuteronomy 34:5 2 Timothy 2:24 Titus 1:1 James 1:1 2 Peter 1:1 Jude 1:1 Revelation 1:1
The transgression
Or, rather, "The speech of transgression to the wicked is within his heart: there is no fear of God before his eyes;" for instead of libbi, "my heart," four MSS., have libbo, "his heart," which is also the reading of the LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, and Anglo-Saxon.
1 Samuel 15:13,14 Proverbs 20:11 Matthew 7:16-20 12:33,34 Titus 1:16
no
112:1 Genesis 20:11 Proverbs 8:13 16:6 Ecclesiastes 12:13 Romans 3:18
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
For he
10:3 49:18 Deuteronomy 29:19 Jeremiah 2:23,34,35 17:9 Hosea 12:7,8 Luke 10:29 Luke 16:14,15 Romans 7:9 10:3
until, etc
Heb. to find his iniquity to hate.
1 Samuel 15:18-24 1 Chronicles 10:13,14 Romans 3:9
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
The words
5:9 12:2,3 55:21 58:3 140:3 1 Samuel 18:21 19:6,7 26:21 Matthew 22:15-18,35
he hath
125:5 1 Samuel 11:6-13 13:13,14 15:26 16:14 Zephaniah 1:6 Hebrews 10:39 1 John 2:19
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
deviseth
38:12 1 Samuel 19:11 Esther 5:14 6:4 Proverbs 4:16 Hosea 7:6,7 Micah 2:1 Matthew 27:1 Acts 23:12
mischief
or, vanity. setteth.
Proverbs 24:23 Isaiah 65:2 Jeremiah 6:16 8:6 9:2-9 Micah 6:8
abhorreth
97:10 Job 15:16 Amos 5:15 Romans 1:32 12:9 Revelation 2:2
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
mercy
52:1 57:10 103:11 108:4 Isaiah 55:7-9
faithfulness
89:2 92:2 100:5 Matthew 24:35 Hebrews 6:18-20
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
righteousness
71:19 97:2 145:17 Genesis 18:25 Deuteronomy 32:4 Isaiah 45:19,21-24 Romans 3:25
great mountains
Heb. mountains of God.
Exodus 9:28 1 Samuel 14:15 *margins
judgments
77:19 92:5 Job 11:7-9 37:23 Isaiah 40:28 Jeremiah 12:1 Matthew 11:25,26 Romans 11:33
thou
104:14-35 145:9 147:9 Job 7:20 Jonah 4:11 Matthew 10:29,30 1 Timothy 4:10
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
How
31:19 86:5,15 145:7,8 Exodus 34:6 John 3:16 1 John 3:1 4:9,10
excellent
Heb. precious.
139:17 1 Peter 2:6,7 2 Peter 1:4
put their
17:8 57:1 63:7 91:4 Ruth 2:12 Luke 13:34
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
abundantly
16:11 17:15 63:5 65:4 Song of Solomon 5:1 Isaiah 25:6 55:1,2 Jeremiah 31:12-14 Zechariah 9:17 Matthew 5:6 John 7:37
satisfied
Heb. watered. Yirweyun, "they shall be saturated," as a thirsty field by showers from heaven.
and thou
16:11 46:4 Job 20:17 Isaiah 43:20 48:21 Revelation 22:1-17
thy pleasures
Or, adanacha, "thy pleasure," as four MSS., read; in which there is probably a reference to the garden of Eden, and the river that ran through, and watered it.
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
For
Isaiah 12:3 Jeremiah 2:13 John 4:10,14 7:37-39 Revelation 21:6 22:17
in thy
27:1 Job 29:3 Proverbs 4:18 Isaiah 2:5 60:1,2,19 Malachi 4:2 John 1:8,9 John 8:12 2 Corinthians 4:6 James 1:17 1 Peter 2:9 1 John 1:7 Revelation 21:23
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
continue
Heb. draw out at length.
103:17 Jeremiah 31:3 John 15:9,10 1 Peter 1:5
that
9:10 Jeremiah 22:16 24:7 John 17:3 Hebrews 8:11
and thy
7:8-10 18:24,25 94:14,15 97:10,11 143:1,2 Isaiah 51:6-8 2 Timothy 4:7,8
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
foot
10:2 12:3-5 119:51,69,85,122 123:3,4 Job 40:11,12 Isaiah 51:23 Daniel 4:37
hand
16:8 17:8-14 21:7,8 62:6 125:1-3 Romans 8:35-39
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
There
9:16 55:23 58:10,11 64:7-9 Judges 5:31 2 Thessalonians 1:8,9 Revelation 15:4 19:1-6