36:5 Thy {e} mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.(e) Though wickedness seems to overflow all the world, yet by your heavenly providence you govern heaven and earth. read more
36:6 Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great {f} deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.(f) The depth of your providence governs all things, and disposes them, even though the wicked seem to overwhelm the world. read more
36:8 They shall be abundantly {g} satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.(g) Only God’s children have enough of all things both concerning this life and the life to come. read more
36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that {h} know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.(h) He shows who God’s children are, that is, they who know him, and live their lives uprightly. read more
36:11 Let not the {i} foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.(i) Let not the proud advance himself against me, or the power of the wicked drive me away. read more
36:12 {k} There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.(k) That is, in their pride in which they flatter themselves. read more
Psalms 25:0 In the Hebrew this prayer is arranged as an acrostic, i.e., the first word of each verse begins with a letter in alphabetical order from A-to-Z. Hereafter we shall not give as much attention to every psalm as we have thus far, but trust the reader to do the analyzing after the examples given. The purpose of this book is not so much textual explanation as a stimulus to Bible study in a broader sense, and it is assumed that the reader has been studying the Bible side by side with the... read more
CONTENTS The Psalmist from his own knowledge here describes the sad state of a fallen nature. He extols the mercy of God. He prays for the continuance of God's loving kindness, and foretells the ruin of the ungodly. To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. Psalms 36:1 I never read or saw a commentary upon this verse of scripture, but what referred this knowledge of the heart to anther's conduct, and not to the Psalmist's own. As if the transgression of my neighbour told... read more
These are the outlines, and but the outlines of a heart, whose imagination is only evil, and that continually. Genesis 6:5 . read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 36:4
36:4 He {d} deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.(d) By describing at large the nature of the reprobate, he admonishes the godly to beware of these vices. read more