Psalms 36

¹ For the leader. Of David, the servant of the LORD.

² Sin directs the heart of the wicked; their eyes are closed to the fear of God.

³ For they live with the delusion: their guilt will not be known and hated.

⁴ Empty and false are the words of their mouth; they have ceased to be wise and do good.

⁵ In their beds they hatch plots; they set out on a wicked way; they do not reject evil.

⁶ LORD, your love reaches to heaven; your fidelity, to the clouds.

⁷ Your justice is like the highest mountains; your judgments, like the mighty deep; all living creatures you sustain, LORD.

⁸ How precious is your love, O God! We take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

⁹ We feast on the rich food of your house; from your delightful stream you give us drink.

¹⁰ For with you is the fountain of life, and in your light we see light.

¹¹ Continue your kindness toward your friends, your just defense of the honest heart.

¹² Do not let the foot of the proud overtake me, nor the hand of the wicked disturb me.

¹³ There make the evildoers fall; thrust them down, never to rise.