Psalms 36:4
He devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
5Thy loving kindness, O LORD, is in the heavens, thy faithfulness to the skies.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11And Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life tonight, tomorrow thou will be slain.
Esther 6:4And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman came into the outward court of the king's house to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Psalms 38:12Those also who seek after my life lay snares [for me]. And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
Psalms 97:10O ye who love LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his sanctified. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Proverbs 24:2For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.
Isaiah 65:2I have spread out my hands all the day to a disobedient and (LXX/NT) rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, according to their own thoughts,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 36:2-5
The Character of the Wicked. 1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. David, in the title of this psalm, is styled the servant of the Lord; why in this, and not in any… Read the whole commentary →