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This Psalm contrasts wicked people and God. The wicked have no fear of God. The wicked are selfish and flatter themselves to the point where they believe their own flattery (2). The wicked speaks words of deceit. They neither act wisely nor do good. In fact, the wicked spend their time plotting evil on their beds and then committing themselves to the evil they have planned.
On the other hand, God is love (1 Jn 4:16). His love reaches the heavens and his faithfulness to the skies (5). The magnitude of God’s righteousness and justice is the highest mountain or the great deep (6). God’s unfailing love is of endless worth, for by his love he preserves people and animals. Though we are impacted by the wicked in the world, we can also take refuge in the shadow of God’s wings. In God’s refuge, we can feast on God’s abundant blessings, experience the fountain of life, and see God’s light. Do you know the great height and depth of God’s love for you? Do not allow God’s love to grow cold or remain shallow. Pray to continue to know his love and righteousness (10).
The Psalmist ends with a prayer for protection against the wicked. God brings their downfall.
May 9, 2026
HOW GREAT IS GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
Passage: bible.psalm 36:1-12
Key verse: 5
NIV
chapter 36
1. [For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD.] I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
2. In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.
3. The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
4. Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
5. Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
6. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
7. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
9. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
10. Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11. May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12. See how the evildoers lie fallen - thrown down, not able to rise!
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Prayer: Father, thank you for your love that reaches to the heavens and for being faithful to us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
One Word: Great is your love and faithfulness