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Psalms 36:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David, identified as the servant of the LORD, delivers this oracle to the choirmaster for liturgical use. The psalm opens with a declaration concerning the moral state of the wicked man.
The words — The Hebrew נְאֻם (ne'um) denotes a formal oracle or utterance placed in the speaker's heart. The phrase פַּחַד אֱלֹהִים (paḥad 'ĕlōhîm) literally means the fear of God, which the text explicitly states is absent from the wicked man's eyes.
The thread — The text states there is no fear of God before the eyes in Romans 3:18. Proverbs 16:6 connects the fear of the LORD to turning aside from evil.
Why it lands — The verse asks the reader to measure personal reverence against the explicit absence of that reverence in the wicked man. It requires acknowledgment of one's own standing before God without evasion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Cross-references
- Romans 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
- Proverbs 16:6 By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
- Psalms 18:1 For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
- Psalms 112:1 Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- Psalms 143:12 And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
- Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Matthew 12:33 Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
- Genesis 20:11 Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
- Deuteronomy 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
- Psalms 90:1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.