## Psalms Chapter 36

###### Psalms 36:1
[Psalms 36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ׀לְעֶבֶד־יְהֹוָ֬ה לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, of David the servant of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, [a psalm] of the servant of the L rd, of David.


###### Psalms 36:2
[Psalms 36:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:2)

נְאֻֽם־פֶּ֣שַׁע לָ֭רָשָׁע בְּקֶ֣רֶב לִבִּ֑י אֵֽין־פַּ֥חַד אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the midst of my heart [i.e., it appears to me that] the offense [i.e., the evil inclination] says to the wicked one that the fear of G d should not be before his eyes.


###### Psalms 36:3
[Psalms 36:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:3)

כִּֽי־הֶחֱלִ֣יק אֵלָ֣יו בְּעֵינָ֑יו לִמְצֹ֖א עֲוֺנ֣וֹ לִשְׂנֹֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he flatters himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[It appears to me] that he [the evil inclination] smooths [things over] in his [the wicked one's] eyes for [the L rd] to find his sin [whereby] to hate [him].


###### Psalms 36:4
[Psalms 36:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:4)

דִּבְרֵי־פִ֭יו אָ֣וֶן וּמִרְמָ֑ה חָדַ֖ל לְהַשְׂכִּ֣יל לְהֵיטִֽיב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has left off being wise, and doing good.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The words of his [the wicked one's] mouth [become] falsehood and deceit; he forbears to be wise to do good.


###### Psalms 36:5
[Psalms 36:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:5)

אָ֤וֶן**׀** יַחְשֹׁ֗ב עַֽל־מִשְׁכָּ֫ב֥וֹ יִ֭תְיַצֵּב עַל־דֶּ֣רֶךְ לֹא־ט֑וֹב רָ֝֗ע לֹ֣א יִמְאָֽס׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He will think falsehood upon his couch. [G d has set before him two ways — life and death, and] he will set himself upon the way that is not good — he will not spurn evil.


###### Psalms 36:6
[Psalms 36:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:6)

יְ֭הֹוָה בְּהַשָּׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מ֥וּנָתְךָ֗ עַד־שְׁחָקִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy steadfast love, O Lord, is in the heavens; and Thy faithfulness reaches the clouds.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, [because of these wicked ones, You have removed Your lovingkindness from the terrestrial sphere, so that now] Your lovingkindness is in the heavens; Your faithfulness [has been removed from men and has ascended] until the skies.


###### Psalms 36:7
[Psalms 36:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:7)

צִדְקָתְךָ֨**׀** כְּֽהַרְרֵי־אֵ֗ל מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ תְּה֣וֹם רַבָּ֑ה אָ֤דָֽם־וּבְהֵמָ֖ה תוֹשִׁ֣יעַ יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, Thou preservest man and beast.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your righteousness [is as far removed from men] as the mighty mountains, Your judgments [pronounced upon men reach to] the vast deep. Adam [(men as wise as Adam)] and beast [(men who render themselves as humble as beasts)], You will save, O L rd.


###### Psalms 36:8
[Psalms 36:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:8)

מַה־יָּקָ֥ר חַסְדְּךָ֗ אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים וּבְנֵ֥י אָדָ֑ם בְּצֵ֥ל כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ יֶחֱסָיֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How excellent is Thy love, O God! therefore the children of men shelter under the shadow of Thy wings.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How dear is Your lovingkindness, O L rd [(The wicked are not worthy of it)], and men who take refuge in the shadow of Your wings,


###### Psalms 36:9
[Psalms 36:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:9)

יִ֭רְוְיֻן מִדֶּ֣שֶׁן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וְנַ֖חַל עֲדָנֶ֣יךָ תַשְׁקֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house; and Thou makest them to drink of the river of Thy pleasures.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They will be sated with the fats of Your house, and You will make them drink of the stream of Your pleasures.


###### Psalms 36:10
[Psalms 36:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:10)

כִּֽי־עִ֭מְּךָ מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים בְּ֝אוֹרְךָ֗ נִרְאֶה־אֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For with Thee is the fountain of life: in Thy light we see light.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For with You is the source of life; in Your light [alone] will we see light.


###### Psalms 36:11
[Psalms 36:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:11)

מְשֹׁ֣ךְ חַ֭סְדְּךָ לְיֹדְעֶ֑יךָ וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗ לְיִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O continue Thy steadfast love to those who know Thee; and Thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Extend Your lovingkindness to those who know You and Your righteousness to the just of heart.


###### Psalms 36:12
[Psalms 36:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:12)

אַל־תְּ֭בוֹאֵנִי רֶ֣גֶל גַּאֲוָ֑ה וְיַד־רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַל־תְּנִדֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not bring with me the foot of pride [(the foot of those wicked ones, at the time of the receiving of reward, that their portion not be together with that of the righteous)], and let the hand of the wicked not move me [(from my place when I come to inherit a double portion of reward [(mine and theirs, viz. Isaiah 61:7)].


###### Psalms 36:13
[Psalms 36:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/36:13)

שָׁ֣ם נָ֭פְלוּ פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן דֹּ֝ח֗וּ וְלֹא־יָ֥כְלוּ קֽוּם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and are not able to rise.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There shall fall the workers of iniquity [i.e., there shall the immensity of their fall dawn upon them, and there] shall they be overthrown and not be able to rise.