Psalms · 12 verses
Psalms 36
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The wicked man carries his headquarters with him: even his bed becomes a place for plotting evil.
The bed becomes a workshop for wickednessvv. 1–4
An oracle rises in the speaker’s heart about the wicked man, whose chief peculiarity is the absence of fear before God. Conceit fills his eyes so completely that he cannot spot his own sin; his speech is wicked and deceitful, and even his bed serves as a plotting-room. He chooses a bad path and declines the small administrative task of rejecting evil.
From the highest mountains to man and beastvv. 5–10
The psalm turns from the cramped designs of the wicked man to the immense reach of the LORD’s loving devotion and faithfulness. Righteousness rises like the highest mountains, judgments descend like the deepest sea, and then comes the wonderfully plain pair: man and beast, both preserved. Under the shadow of God’s wings, there is feasting, a river of delights, and a fountain of life; light itself becomes the means by which light is seen.
A prayer beside an unexplained “There”vv. 11–12
The speaker asks that the proud foot and the wicked hand be kept at bay, then the psalm ends with a small geographical mystery. “There” arrives without a named place, and the evildoers are already fallen there—thrown down, and unable to rise. It is a remarkably brisk end to a very large landscape.
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Ps 36:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Ps 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
Ps 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Ps 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
Ps 36:5Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Ps 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
Ps 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
Ps 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Ps 36:9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Ps 36:10Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Ps 36:11Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Ps 36:12There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 211 passages were voted onto 12 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 9John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- 8Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- 8Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- 8Isaiah 58:11The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- 8Jeremiah 31:12–14They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- 8Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- 8Psalms 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- 9John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- 8Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- 91 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- 8Job 20:17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
- 8Revelation 22:1–17Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- 8John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- 9John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- 8Zechariah 9:17How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
- 8Song of Songs 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
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