Scripture Reading

Ps.36

Ps.36

Ps.36.1

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

Ps.36.1

The God--rebel tunes in to sedition--all ears, eager to sin. He has no regard for God, he stands insolent before him.

Ps.36.1

An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Ps.36.1

An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Ps.36.1

Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God to restrain them.

Ps.36.2

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

Ps.36.2

He has smooth-talked himself into believing That his evil will never be noticed.

Ps.36.2

For in his own eyes he flatters himself too much to detect or hate his sin.

Ps.36.2

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.

Ps.36.2

In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.

Ps.36.3

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

Ps.36.3

Words gutter from his mouth, dishwater dirty. Can't remember when he did anything decent.

Ps.36.3

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Ps.36.3

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Ps.36.3

Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do what is good.

Ps.36.4

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Ps.36.4

Every time he goes to bed, he fathers another evil plot. When he's loose on the streets, nobody's safe. He plays with fire and doesn't care who gets burned.

Ps.36.4

Even on his bed he plots evil; he commits himself to a sinful course and does not reject what is wrong.

Ps.36.4

He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.

Ps.36.4

They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots. Their course of action is never good. They make no attempt to turn from evil.

Ps.36.5

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

Ps.36.5

God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic,

Ps.36.5

Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

Ps.36.5

Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

Ps.36.5

Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

Ps.36.6

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

Ps.36.6

His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.

Ps.36.6

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast.

Ps.36.6

Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Ps.36.6

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike, O LORD.

Ps.36.7

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

Ps.36.7

How exquisite your love, O God! How eager we are to run under your wings,

Ps.36.7

How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Ps.36.7

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.

Ps.36.7

How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings.

Ps.36.8

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

Ps.36.8

To eat our fill at the banquet you spread as you fill our tankards with Eden spring water.

Ps.36.8

They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.

Ps.36.8

They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

Ps.36.8

You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your rivers of delight.

Ps.36.9

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

Ps.36.9

You're a fountain of cascading light, and you open our eyes to light.

Ps.36.9

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

Ps.36.9

For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.

Ps.36.9

For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see.

Ps.36.10

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Ps.36.10

Keep on loving your friends; do your work in welcoming hearts.

Ps.36.10

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

Ps.36.10

Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Ps.36.10

Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you; give justice to those with honest hearts.

Ps.36.11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

Ps.36.11

Don't let the bullies kick me around, the moral midgets slap me down.

Ps.36.11

May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Ps.36.11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Ps.36.11

Don't let the proud trample me; don't let the wicked push me around.

Ps.36.12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Ps.36.12

Send the upstarts sprawling flat on their faces in the mud.

Ps.36.12

See how the evildoers lie fallen- thrown down, not able to rise!

Ps.36.12

There the workers of iniquity have fallen; They have been cast down and are not able to rise.

Ps.36.12

Look! They have fallen! They have been thrown down, never to rise again.