Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Psalm 36
David uses one third of this psalm, at the beginning, to tell of the wicked. He devotes the rest of the psalm extolling God’s steadfast love. David says the wicked man’s transgressions (sins) come from deep in the heart, that the wicked has no fear of God, that the wicked man flatters himself because he thinks no one can see his iniquities, that he plots trouble all his waking hours and, that he does not reject evil. David goes into his words of praise for God’s “steadfast love.” David talks of God’s steadfast love extending throughout the heavens, God’s righteousness and judgments extending to man and beast, children take refuge in God while He feeds and waters them abundantly and provides them with a fountain of life. David ends this psalm by praying for God to continue His steadfast love to those who “know” Him. “Know” is the biblical verb to express the deepest kind of knowledge, love, with which God loves His chosen ones. Humans approach that “knowing” in the marital relationship the husband and wife have with one another. David, then, prays for God to not let him be arrogant in his salvation and to keep the hand of the wicked from driving David away from God. Christians have times of extreme faith and depths of depression over sins. In both instances, there is opportunity for sin to overcome the Christian. Let us pray regularly for God to work in us to control such swings in our earthly bodies. God will remove all negative thoughts and feelings when we stand before our Savior and Lord, Jesus.
Source: S C Ball May 23, 2023
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