Psa 36 | TSK | STEP | The grievous estate of the wicked. The excellency of God's mercy. David prays for favour to God's children. 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. 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. no.

Psalms 36

1 The grievous estate of the wicked.

8 The excellency of God's mercy.

10 David prays for favour to God's children.

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; De 34:5; 2Ti 2:24; Tit 1:1; Jas 1:1; 2Pe 1:1; Jude 1:1

Re 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.

1Sa 15:13,14; Pr 20:11; Mt 7:16-20; 12:33,34; Tit 1:16

no.

112:1; Ge 20:11; Pr 8:13; 16:6; Ec 12:13; Ro 3:18

For he.

10:3; 49:18; De 29:19; Jer 2:23,34,35; 17:9; Ho 12:7,8; Lu 10:29

Lu 16:14,15; Ro 7:9; 10:3

until, etc. Heb. to find his iniquity to hate.

1Sa 15:18-24; 1Ch 10:13,14; Ro 3:9

The words.

5:9; 12:2,3; 55:21; 58:3; 140:3; 1Sa 18:21; 19:6,7; 26:21

Mt 22:15-18,35

he hath.

125:5; 1Sa 11:6-13; 13:13,14; 15:26; 16:14; Zep 1:6; Heb 10:39

1Jo 2:19

deviseth.

38:12; 1Sa 19:11; Es 5:14; 6:4; Pr 4:16; Ho 7:6,7; Mic 2:1; Mt 27:1

Ac 23:12

mischief. or, vanity. setteth.

Pr 24:23; Isa 65:2; Jer 6:16; 8:6; 9:2-9; Mic 6:8

abhorreth.

97:10; Job 15:16; Am 5:15; Ro 1:32; 12:9; Re 2:2

mercy.

52:1; 57:10; 103:11; 108:4; Isa 55:7-9

faithfulness.

89:2; 92:2; 100:5; Mt 24:35; Heb 6:18-20

righteousness.

71:19; 97:2; 145:17; Ge 18:25; De 32:4; Isa 45:19,21-24; Ro 3:25

great mountains. Heb. mountains of God.

Ex 9:28; 1Sa 14:15; *margins

judgments.

77:19; 92:5; Job 11:7-9; 37:23; Isa 40:28; Jer 12:1; Mt 11:25,26

Ro 11:33

thou.

104:14-35; 145:9; 147:9; Job 7:20; Jon 4:11; Mt 10:29,30; 1Ti 4:10

How.

31:19; 86:5,15; 145:7,8; Ex 34:6; Joh 3:16; 1Jo 3:1; 4:9,10

excellent. Heb. precious.

139:17; 1Pe 2:6,7; 2Pe 1:4

put their.

17:8; 57:1; 63:7; 91:4; Ru 2:12; Lu 13:34

abundantly.

16:11; 17:15; 63:5; 65:4; So 5:1; Isa 25:6; 55:1,2; Jer 31:12-14

Zec 9:17; Mt 5:6; Joh 7:37

satisfied. Heb. watered.{Yirweyun,} "they shall be saturated," as a thirsty field by showers from heaven.

Isa 58:11

and thou.

16:11; 46:4; Job 20:17; Isa 43:20; 48:21; Re 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.

Isa 12:3; Jer 2:13; Joh 4:10,14; 7:37-39; Re 21:6; 22:17

in thy.

27:1; Job 29:3; Pr 4:18; Isa 2:5; 60:1,2,19; Mal 4:2; Joh 1:8,9

Joh 8:12; 2Co 4:6; Jas 1:17; 1Pe 2:9; 1Jo 1:7; Re 21:23

continue. Heb. draw out at length.

103:17; Jer 31:3; Joh 15:9,10; 1Pe 1:5

that.

9:10; Jer 22:16; 24:7; Joh 17:3; Heb 8:11

and thy.

7:8-10; 18:24,25; 94:14,15; 97:10,11; 143:1,2; Isa 51:6-8

2Ti 4:7,8