Dixit injustus.
The malice of sinners, and the goodness of God.
35:1. Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself.
35:2. The unjust hath said within himself, that he would sin: there is
no fear of God before his eyes.
35:3. For in his sight he hath done deceitfully, that his iniquity may
be found unto hatred.
Unto hatred... That is, hateful to God.
35:4. The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not
understand that he might do well.
35:5. He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every
way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.
35:6. O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth even to the
clouds.
35:7. Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are a great
deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord:
35:8. O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of
men shall put their trust under the covert of thy wings.
35:9. They shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; and thou
shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure.
35:10. For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall
see light.
35:11. Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, and thy justice to them
that are right in heart.
35:12. Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the
sinner move me.
35:13. There the workers of iniquity are fallen, they are cast out, and
could not stand.