Psalms 36:2
For they shall soon be withered as the grass, 1 And shall soon fall away as the green herbs. 1
Updated 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
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, 1 But what has the righteous done? 1
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 →