^1aTo the choirmaster.↑

A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.

^1bThe transgressive speech of the wicked man is,

²For he flatters himself in his own sight,

Indifferent to finding iniquity in himself

– Indifferent to being hateful.

³The words of his mouth are vanity and deceit.

He has ceased acting wisely

And doing what is good.

⁴He devises vanity on his couch;

He takes his stand on a way that is not good.

He does not reject evil.

⁵O Lord, your kindness is in heaven;

Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

⁶Your righteousness is like tremendous mountains;

Your justice is like a great deep.

O Lord, you save man and beast.

⁷How precious your kindness is, O God,

As the sons of Adam shelter in the shade of your wings.

⁸They will be satiated with the fat of your house,

And you will give them drink

With your pleasurable brook.

⁹For the fountain of life is with you;

In your light, we will see light.

¹⁰Continue your kindness

With those who know you,

And your righteousness

With the upright in heart.

¹¹Do not let a proud foot come upon me,

And do not let the hand of the wicked drive me off course.

¹²That is where perpetrators of iniquity have fallen;

They have been thrust down,

And they cannot get up.

Reference(s) in Chapter 36: v.1b ↔ Romans 3:18.