Psalm 36:10-12 NKJV,NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 36:5-12

David, having looked round with grief upon the wickedness of the wicked, here looks up with comfort upon the goodness of God, a subject as delightful as the former was distasteful and very proper to be set in the balance against it. Observe, I. His meditations upon the grace of God. He sees the world polluted, himself endangered, and God dishonoured, by the transgressions of the wicked; but, of a sudden, he turns his eye, and heart, and speech, to God ?However it be, yet thou art good.? He... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 36:10

O continue thy lovingkindness to them that know thee ,.... That is, spiritually and experimentally; and such are they that trust in him and love him: and these are the objects of the love of God; not that their knowledge, faith, or love, are the cause of his love to them; but these things describe and point at manifestly the objects of it; and this request regards the open discovery of it unto them: for the love of God itself always continues, though the manifestations of it are not always... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me ,.... Meaning some proud enemy, such an one as Ahithophel, of whom R. Obadiah expounds, it, who lifted up his heel against him; and is applicable to any haughty enemy of Christ and his people, and particularly to antichrist, the man of sin, that exalts himself above all that is called God; and let not the hand of the wicked remove me ; either from the house of God; or from his throne, that high station and dignity in which he was placed. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 36:12

There are the workers, of iniquity fallen ,.... Either in the pit they dug for others; or into hell, where they shall be turned at last; See Gill on Psalm 5:5 and See Gill on Psalm 6:8 ; they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise ; which will be the case of Babylon when fallen, Revelation 18:21 , and this distinguishes the falls of the wicked from those of the righteous; for though the righteous fall, whether into sin, or into any calamity, they rise again; not so the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:10

O continue thy loving-kindness - Literally, "Draw out thy mercy." The allusion to the spring is still kept up. Unto them that know thee - To them who acknowledge thee in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation. And thy righteousness - That grace which justifies the ungodly, and sanctifies the unholy. To the upriabt in heart - לב לישרי levishrey leb , to the straight of heart; to those who have but one end in view, and one aim to that end. This is true of every... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me - Let me not be trampled under foot by proud and haughty men. Let not the hand of the wicked remove me - תנדני tenideni , shake me, or cause me to wander. Both these verses may have immediate respect to the captives in Babylon. The Jews were, when compared with the Babylonians, the people that knew God; for in Jewry was God known, Psalm 76:1 ; and the psalmist prays against the treatment which the Jews had received from the proud and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen - There, in Babylon, are the workers of iniquity fallen, and so cast down that they shall not be able to rise. A prophecy of the destruction of the Babylonish empire by Cyrus. That it was destroyed, is an historical fact; that they were never able to recover their liberty, is also a fact; and that Babylon itself is now blotted out of the map of the universe, so that the site of it is no longer known, is confirmed by every traveler who has passed over... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:10

Verse 10 10.Prolong thy mercy to them that know thee. David now sets himself to pray. And, first, he asks in general, that God would continue his mercy to all the godly, and then he pleads particularly in his own behalf, imploring the help of God against his enemies. Those who affirm that God is here said to prolong or extend his mercy because it is exalted above the heavens, indulge in a style of speaking too puerile. When David spake of it in such terms in a preceding verse, his intention was... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:11

Verse 11 11.Let not the foot of pride come upon me As I have observed a little before, the Psalmist here applies to his own circumstances the prayer which he had offered. But by including in his prayer in the preceding verse all the children of God, he designed to show that he asked nothing for himself apart from others, but only desired that as one of the godly and upright, who have their eyes directed to God, he might enjoy his favor. He has employed the expressions, the foot of pride, (12)... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:12

Verse 12 12.There the workers of iniquity are fallen. Here he derives confidence from his prayer, not doubting that he has already obtained his request. And thus we see how the certainty of faith directs the saints to prayer. Besides, still farther to confirm his confidence and hope in God, he shows, as it were, by pointing to it with the finger, the certain destruction of the wicked, even though it lay as yet concealed in the future. In this respect, the adverb there (13) is not superfluous;... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 36:5-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 36:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 36:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 36:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 36:12

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