Psalm 36 Commentary
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KEY THOUGHT: In Your light we see light. [Psalm 36:9b NKJV]
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Psalm 36 NKJV
Man’s Wickedness and God’s Perfections
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.
36 An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked:
There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4 He devises wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself in a way that is not good;
He does not [a]abhor evil.
5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the [b]great mountains;
Your judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
8 They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.
10 Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 There the workers of iniquity have fallen;
They have been cast down and are not able to rise.
Footnotes
a. Psalm 36:4 reject, loathe
b. Psalm 36:6 Lit. mountains of God
New King James Version (NKJV)
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Psalm 36 Commentary
The psalmist simulates the human heart. The first simulation involves the heart of the wicked man. Zero fear of God. Flattery. Deception.
Deception eats both at others and at the self. The bad heart deceives itself by claiming that God won’t do anything. Of course, it’s a lack of wisdom.
God is compassionate, loving, just, faithful, and righteous. He is the source of life. He sustains it.
On the other side is a good heart. That’s the second simulation. They know their God, and they take shelter under His wings. They see light in God’s light.
Both the wicked and the righteous live in the same neighborhood. The evil activities of the wicked play negatively on the righteous. The psalmist prays for God’s intervention.
Look at the psalm again. There is a clear separation between the two camps. Love, justice, compassion, righteousness, and faithfulness reside with God’s people, an overflow from the Creator God.
Deception, flattery, foolishness (lack of wisdom – verse 3), and evil reside with the wicked. It isn’t a product they sell in their shop, it’s what they are. An overflow from the wicked is what plays havoc in the neighborhood.
Mortals mistakenly think of joy as a product on the market. You buy it with either righteousness or wickedness.
But life isn’t like that. You could obtain a loaf of bread by stealing, but you haven’t obtained joy. Deception stays with the wicked. A piece of wood isn’t fire, but at the end of the day, fire leaves the wood shapeless and non-existent. Deception destroys its carrier; it cannot be contained!
So, the workers of iniquity fall.
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