Psalms 36:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 36:2

1 An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked:
^aThere is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.

3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
^aHe has ceased to be wise and to do good.

4 ^aHe devises wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself ^bin a way that is not good;
He does not¹ abhor ^cevil.

5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

6 Your righteousness is like the¹ great mountains;
^aYour judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

Verse Comparison: Psalms 36:2

American Standard Version
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

Amplified® Bible
For he flatters {and} deceives himself in his own eyes that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

Contemporary English Version
They like themselves too much to hate their own sins or even to see them.

Darby English Version
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, [even] when his iniquity is found to be hateful.

Good News Bible
Because they think so highly of themselves, they think that God will not discover their sin and condemn it.

King James Version
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

New American Standard Bible
For it flatters him in his {own} eyes Concerning the discovery of his iniquity {and} the hatred {of it.}

New International Version
For in his own eyes he flatters himself
too much to detect or hate his sin.

New King James Version
For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For it flatters him in his own eyes concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

Revised Standard Version
For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

Young's Literal Translation
For he made `it' smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.

New English Translation
for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.¹