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How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the Lord.

 Transgression speaks to the wicked
   deep in his heart;^[a]
there is no fear of God
   before his eyes.
² For he flatters himself in his own eyes
   that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
³ The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;
   he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
⁴ He plots trouble while on his bed;
   he sets himself in a way that is not good;
   he does not reject evil.

⁵ Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
⁶ Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
your judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast you save, O Lord.

⁷ How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
⁸ They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
⁹ For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light.

¹⁰ Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
¹¹ Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
¹² There the evildoers lie fallen;
they are thrust down, unable to rise.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 36:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Jerome (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts in my heart

Cross references:

1. Psalm 36:1 : See Ps. 18, title
2. Psalm 36:1 : Cited Rom. 3:18
3. Psalm 36:2 : Deut. 29:19; [Ps. 10:3; 49:18]
4. Psalm 36:3 : [Ps. 12:2]
5. Psalm 36:3 : [Jer. 4:22]
6. Psalm 36:4 : Mic. 2:1; [Prov. 4:16]
7. Psalm 36:4 : Ps. 10:7
8. Psalm 36:4 : Isa. 65:2
9. Psalm 36:4 : [Ps. 97:10]
10. Psalm 36:6 : [Ps. 71:19]
11. Psalm 36:6 : Ps. 92:5; Rom. 11:33
12. Psalm 36:6 : Ps. 104:14, 15; 145:9, 15, 16; Neh. 9:6
13. Psalm 36:7 : [Ps. 31:19]
14. Psalm 36:7 : See Ruth 2:12
15. Psalm 36:8 : Ps. 23:5; 27:4; 65:4; Isa. 25:6; See Jer. 31:12-14
16. Psalm 36:8 : Ps. 46:4; Rev. 22:1
17. Psalm 36:8 : Ps. 16:11
18. Psalm 36:9 : Jer. 2:13; John 4:10, 14; 5:26
19. Psalm 36:9 : John 1:9; Acts 26:18; 1 Pet. 2:9
20. Psalm 36:10 : Jer. 22:16; Gal. 4:9; [Ps. 79:6]
21. Psalm 36:10 : See Ps. 7:10
22. Psalm 36:12 : Ps. 94:4
23. Psalm 36:12 : See Ps. 1:5