Psalm 36:2

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Summary

Psalm 36:2

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

For he

Until, etc

1 Samuel 15:18

1 Chronicles 10:13

Romans 3:9

Bible References

For he

For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.

Though while he lives he counts himself happy and prosperous—
And though people praise you when you do well for yourself—

It will happen that when he (a renegade) hears the words of this oath, and he imagines himself as blessed, saying, ‘I will have peace and safety even though I walk within the stubbornness of my heart [rejecting God and His law], in order that the watered land dwindles away along with the dry [destroying everything],’

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,
I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’?
Look at your way in the valley;
Know [without any doubt] what you have done!
You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,

“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is extremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?

A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.

But he, wishing to justify and vindicate himself, asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him.

I was once alive without [knowledge of] the Law; but when the commandment came [and I understood its meaning], sin became alive and I died [since the Law sentenced me to death].

For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Until, etc

and the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, totally destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are eliminated.’

So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, for his failure to keep the word of the Lord; and also because he consulted a medium [regarding a spirit of the dead], to inquire of her,

Well then, are we [Jews] better off than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles) are under the control of sin and subject to its power.