# Psalm 36 📖: The Fountain of Life [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Psalm Overview]] | [[Psalm 35]] | [[Psalm 37]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ## For the music director, an oracle, written by the Lord’s servant David. [[#Verse 01.]] An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God, [[#Verse 02.]] for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin. [[#Verse 03.]] The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right. [[#Verse 04.]] While he lies in bed he plans ways to sin. He is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil. [[#Verse 05.]] O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky, your faithfulness to the clouds. [[#Verse 06.]] Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you, Lord, preserve mankind and the animal kingdom. [[#Verse 07.]] How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings. [[#Verse 08.]] They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies. [[#Verse 09.]] For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. [[#Verse 10.]] Extend your loyal love to your faithful followers, and vindicate the morally upright. [[#Verse 11.]] Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless. [[#Verse 12.]] I can see the evildoers! They have fallen. They have been knocked down and are unable to get up. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. David is called "the Lord's servant" in the superscription, a title also used in the heading of Psalm 18. 2. Paul quotes 36:1 in Romans 3:18 to show the depth of human sin. 3. Verse 1 uses a word normally used for a divine message (*neum*), as if sin itself speaks its own oracle to the heart. 4. The "river of delights" (36:8) uses the same Hebrew root as Eden, recalling the garden's abundance. 5. The motto of Columbia University, *In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen* ("In Your light we shall see light"), comes from 36:9. 6. The "shadow of Your wings" (36:7) may picture a mother bird or the cherubim's wings over the ark. 7. "Mountains of God" (36:6) is a Hebrew way of saying the mightiest mountains. 8. "The great deep" (36:6) uses *tehom*, the same word for the deep waters in Genesis 1:2. 9. The psalm moves from the wicked (36:1-4) to God's character (36:5-9) to prayer (36:10-12). 10. The wicked plot evil "on his bed" (36:4), while the righteous are told to meditate on their beds (Psalm 4:4). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the fountain of life and the true light (36:9; John 1:4; 8:12). In His light we see light, and from Him flows living water (John 4:14). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The wicked have no fear of God and flatter themselves (36:1-2). How does self-flattery keep us from seeing our sin? 2. God's love reaches the heavens and His faithfulness the skies (36:5). Which picture of God's character in 36:5-6 most encourages you? 3. "In Your light we see light" (36:9). How does knowing God help us see everything else more clearly? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 1: The wicked have no fear of God before their eyes. - 📖 verses 5-6: The Lord's faithful love reaches the heavens and His justice is like the highest mountains. - 📖 verse 9: With the Lord is the fountain of life, and in His light we see light. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[John 01#Verse 04.|John 1:4]] - In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. - 🔗 [[John 04#Verse 14.|John 4:14]] - The water Jesus gives becomes a spring of eternal life. - 🔗 [[Romans 03#Verse 18.|Romans 3:18]] - There is no fear of God before their eyes. - 🔗 [[Revelation 22#Verse 01.|Revelation 22:1]] - The river of the water of life. - 🔗 [[Ruth 02#Verse 12.|Ruth 2:12]] - Refuge under the Lord's wings. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 36- SOAP|Be Careful of the Whispers of Sin]] ## 📂 Internal Notes