(KJV) Psalm 361

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⥃The Transgression of the Wicked

To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant2 of the Lord.

[1] The transgression3 of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no4 fear of God before his eyes. [2] For he5 flattereth himself in his own eyes, until6 his iniquity be found to be hateful. [3] The words7 of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath8 left off to be wise, [and] to do good. [4] He deviseth9 mischief10 upon his bed; he setteth11 himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth12 not evil. [5] Thy mercy13, O Lord, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness14 [reacheth] unto the clouds. [6] Thy righteousness15 [is] like the great mountains16; thy judgments17 [are] a great deep: O Lord, thou18 preservest man and beast. [7] How19 excellent20 [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their21 trust under the shadow of thy wings. [8] They shall be abundantly22 satisfied23 with the fatness of thy house; and thou24 shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures25. [9] For26 with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy27 light shall we see light. [10] O continue28 thy lovingkindness unto them that29 know thee; and thy30 righteousness to the upright in heart. [11] Let not the foot31 of pride come against me, and let not the hand32 of the wicked remove me. [12] There33 are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall34 not be able to rise.

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  1. Ps 36:1, The grievous estate of the wicked; Ps 36:8, The excellency of God’s mercy; Ps 36:10, David prays for favour to God’s children. 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. ↩

  2. Ps 18:1, Ps 90:1 *titles Ps 143:12; Deut 34:5; 2Tim 2:24; Titus 1:1; Jas 1:1; 2Pet 1:1; Jude 1:1; Rev 1:1 ↩

  3. 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 manuscripts, have libbo, "his heart," which is also the reading of the LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, and Anglo-Saxon. 1Sam 15:13-14; Prov 20:11; Matt 7:16-20, Matt 12:33-34; Titus 1:16 ↩

  4. Ps 112:1; Gen 20:11; Prov 8:13, Prov 16:6; Eccl 12:13; Rom 3:18 ↩

  5. Ps 10:3, Ps 49:18; Deut 29:19; Jer 2:23, Jer 2:34-35, Jer 17:9; Hos 12:7-8; Luke 10:29; Luke 16:14-15; Rom 7:9, Rom 10:3 ↩

  6. etc. Heb. to find his iniquity to hate, 1Sam 15:18-24; 1Chr 10:13-14; Rom 3:9 ↩

  7. Ps 5:9, Ps 12:2-3, Ps 55:21, Ps 58:3, Ps 140:3; 1Sam 18:21, 1Sam 19:6-7, 1Sam 26:21; Matt 22:15-18, Matt 22:35 ↩

  8. Ps 125:5; 1Sam 11:6-13, 1Sam 13:13-14, 1Sam 15:26, 1Sam 16:14; Zeph 1:6; Heb 10:39; 1John 2:19 ↩

  9. Ps 38:12; 1Sam 19:11; Esth 5:14, Esth 6:4; Prov 4:16; Hos 7:6-7; Mic 2:1; Matt 27:1; Acts 23:12 ↩

  10. or, vanity ↩

  11. Prov 24:23; Isa 65:2; Jer 6:16, Jer 8:6, Jer 9:2-9; Mic 6:8 ↩

  12. Ps 97:10; Job 15:16; Amos 5:15; Rom 1:32, Rom 12:9; Rev 2:2 ↩

  13. Ps 52:1, Ps 57:10, Ps 103:11, Ps 108:4; Isa 55:7-9 ↩

  14. Ps 89:2, Ps 92:2, Ps 100:5; Matt 24:35; Heb 6:18-20 ↩

  15. Ps 71:19, Ps 97:2, Ps 145:17; Gen 18:25; Deut 32:4; Isa 45:19, Isa 45:21-24; Rom 3:25 ↩

  16. Heb. mountains of God, Exod 9:28; 1Sam 14:15 *marg. ↩

  17. Ps 77:19, Ps 92:5; Job 11:7-9, Job 37:23; Isa 40:28; Jer 12:1; Matt 11:25-26; Rom 11:33 ↩

  18. Ps 104:14-35, Ps 145:9, Ps 147:9; Job 7:20; Jonah 4:11; Matt 10:29-30; 1Tim 4:10 ↩

  19. Ps 31:19, Ps 86:5, Ps 86:15, Ps 145:7-8; Exod 34:6; John 3:16; 1John 3:1, 1John 4:9-10 ↩

  20. Heb. precious, Ps 139:17; 1Pet 2:6-7; 2Pet 1:4 ↩

  21. Ps 17:8, Ps 57:1, Ps 63:7, Ps 91:4; Ruth 2:12; Luke 13:34 ↩

  22. Ps 16:11, Ps 17:15, Ps 63:5, Ps 65:4; Song 5:1; Isa 25:6, Isa 55:1-2; Jer 31:12-14; Zech 9:17; Matt 5:6; John 7:37 ↩

  23. Heb. watered, Yirweyun, "they shall be saturated," as a thirsty field by shewers from heaven. Isa 58:11 ↩

  24. Ps 16:11, Ps 46:4; Job 20:17; Isa 43:20, Isa 48:21; Rev 22:1-17 ↩

  25. Or, adanacha, "thy pleasure," as four manuscripts, read; in which there is probably a reference to the garden of Eden, and the river that ran through, and watered it. ↩

  26. Isa 12:3; Jer 2:13; John 4:10, John 4:14, John 7:37-39; Rev 21:6, Rev 22:17 ↩

  27. Ps 27:1; Job 29:3; Prov 4:18; Isa 2:5, Isa 60:1-2, Isa 60:19; Mal 4:2; John 1:8-9; John 8:12; 2Cor 4:6; Jas 1:17; 1Pet 2:9; 1John 1:7; Rev 21:23 ↩

  28. Heb. draw out at length, Ps 103:17; Jer 31:3; John 15:9-10; 1Pet 1:5 ↩

  29. Ps 9:10; Jer 22:16, Jer 24:7; John 17:3; Heb 8:11 ↩

  30. Ps 7:8-10, Ps 18:24-25, Ps 94:14-15, Ps 97:10-11, Ps 143:1-2; Isa 51:6-8; 2Tim 4:7-8 ↩

  31. Ps 10:2, Ps 12:3-5, Ps 119:51, Ps 119:69, Ps 119:85, Ps 119:122, Ps 123:3-4; Job 40:11-12; Isa 51:23; Dan 4:37 ↩

  32. Ps 16:8, Ps 17:8-14, Ps 21:7-8, Ps 62:6, Ps 125:1-3; Rom 8:35-39 ↩

  33. Ps 9:16, Ps 55:23, Ps 58:10-11, Ps 64:7-9; Judg 5:31; 2Thess 1:8-9; Rev 15:4, Rev 19:1-6 ↩

  34. Ps 1:5, Ps 18:38; Jer 51:64 ↩