361 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
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361 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart;
361 The God-rebel tunes in to sedition - all ears, eager to sin. He has no regard for God, he stands insolent before him.
361 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
361 Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 36:1
Commentary on Psalm 36:1-4
(Read Psalm 36:1-4)
From this psalm our hearts should be duly affected with hatred of sin, and seek satisfaction in God's loving-kindness. Here is the root of bitterness, from which all the wickedness of wicked men comes. It takes rise from contempt of God, and the want of due regard to him. Also from the deceit they put upon their own souls. Let us daily beg of God to preserve us from self-flattery. Sin is very hurtful to the sinner himself, and therefore ought to be hateful; but it is not so. It is no marvel, if those that deceive themselves, seek to deceive all mankind; to whom will they be true, who are false to their own souls? It is bad to do mischief, but worse to devise it, to do it with plot and management. If we willingly banish holy meditations in our solitary hours, Satan will soon occupy our minds with sinful imaginations. Hardened sinners stand to what they have done, as though they could justify it before God himself.