Psalm 36

For the choir director. Of David, the servant of Yahweh.

1Transgression speaks to the wicked deep within my heart: there is no dread of God before his eyes.

2For he flatters himself in his own eyes too much to discover his guilt and hate it.

3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

4He plots wickedness on his bed; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he does not reject evil.

5Yahweh, your steadfast love is in the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep. Yahweh, you save both people and animals.

7How precious is your steadfast love, God! Human beings take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

8They drink their fill of the rich food of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

9For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

10Continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright in heart.

11Do not let the foot of the arrogant come against me, or the hand of the wicked drive me away.

12There those who do wrong have fallen; they are thrust down and cannot rise.