Psalms 36:2
For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
In Context
3Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:18And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go, and utterly destroy: thou shalt slay the sinners against me, even the Amalekites; and thou shalt war against them until thou have consumed them.
Psalms 10:3For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done?
Jeremiah 2:23How wilt thou say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? behold thy ways in the burial-ground, and know what thou hast done: her voice has howled in the evening:
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man, and who can know him?
Hosea 12:7Thou therefore shalt return to thy God: keep thou mercy and judgment, and draw nigh to thy God continually.
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 →