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BrLXX Τῷ Δαυίδ.
¶ Μὴ παραζήλου ἐν πονηρευομένοις, μηδὲ ζήλου τοὺς ποιοῦντας τὴν ἀνομίαν.
( Tōi Dawid.
¶ Maʸ parazaʸlou en ponaʸreuomenois, maʸde zaʸlou tous poiountas taʸn anomian. )

BrTr A Psalm of David.
¶ Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity.

ULT For the chief musician. A psalm of David the servant of Yahweh.
⇔ An evil man speaks of his transgression from deep in his heart,
⇔ there is no fear of God before his eyes.

UST A psalm written for the choir director by David, a man who served God faithfully
⇔ A continual desire to sin is in the inner beings of wicked people.
⇔ They consider that they do not need to have an awesome respect for God.

BSB For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD.
⇔ An oracle is in my heart
⇔ regarding the transgression of the wicked man:
⇔ There is no fear of God
⇔ before his eyes.[fn]

OEB For the leader. Of the servant of the Lord, of David.
⇔ Sin whispers within the heart of the wicked,
⇔ who have no dread of God before their eyes.

WEBBE For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of the LORD.
⇔ A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked:
⇔ There is no fear of God before his eyes.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For the music director; written by the Lord’s servant, David; an oracle.
⇔ An evil man is rebellious to the core.
⇔ He does not fear God,

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. BY A SERVANT OF YHWH, BY DAVID. The transgression of the wicked
Is affirming within my heart, “Fear of God is not before his eyes,

FBV For the music director. A psalm of David, servant of the Lord.
⇔ Evil[fn] speaks to the wicked, deep down in their minds, for in their eyes they have no need to respect God.

36:1 The word used here to personify evil is that normally used when God is speaking.

T4T Wicked people continually desire to sin.
⇔ They consider [IDM] that they do not need to revere God.

LEB • An oracle: the wicked has rebellion in the midst of his[fn] heart.
• There is no fear of God before his eyes.

36:? Reading with a few Hebrew manuscripts and some versions; MT reads “my”

BBE To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.
⇔ The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

Moff From the Choirmaster’s collection. A song of David.
⇔ An impious spirit inspires the ungodly man;
⇔ there is no fear of God before his eyes.

JPS (36-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. (36-2) Transgression speaketh to the wicked, methinks — there is no fear of God before his eyes.

ASV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of Jehovah.
⇔ The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart,
⇔ There is no fear of God before his eyes.

DRA A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.

YLT To the Overseer. — By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, 'Fear of God is not before his eyes,

Drby To the chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the servant of Jehovah; of David.
⇔ The transgression of the wicked uttereth within my heart, There is no fear of [fn]God before his eyes.

36.1 Elohim

RV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.
⇔ The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Wbstr To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

KJB-1769 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.
⇔ The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.
⇔ The transgression of the wicked saith/says within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. )

KJB-1611 ¶ To the chiefe musician, A Psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the LORD. ¶ The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps To the chiefe musition, seruaunt to the God of Dauid. The wickednes of the vngodly speaketh in the middest of my heart: that there is no feare of the Lorde before his eyes.
(To the chief musician, servant to the God of David. The wickedness of the ungodly speaketh/speaks in the midst of my heart: that there is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.)

Gnva To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, the servant of the Lord. Wickedness sayeth to the wicked man, euen in mine heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.
(To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord. Wickedness saith/says to the wicked man, even in mine heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. )

Cvdl My hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.
(My heart sheweth/shows me the wickedness of the ungodly, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.)

Wycl The title of the sixe and thrittithe salm. To Dauith. Nile thou sue wickid men; nether loue thou men doynge wickidnesse.
(The title of the six and thrittithe psalm. To Dauith. Nile thou/you sue wicked men; neither love thou/you men doing wickedness.)

Luth Ein Psalm Davids, des HErr’s Knechts, vorzusingen.
(A Psalm Davids, the LORD’s Knechts, to_sing_to.)

ClVg Psalmus ipsi David. [Noli æmulari in malignantibus, neque zelaveris facientes iniquitatem:[fn]
(Psalmus ipsi David. [Noli æmulari in malignantibus, nor zelaveris facientes iniquitatem: )

36.1 Psalmus David. Psalmus hic est quasi vestis Christi, quæ totum corpus ejus operiat præceptis, et protegat ab adversis, et quasi sinu consilii foveat. Potio contra illos qui murmurant de flore malorum, labore bonorum, quasi omnia casu agantur, ut mundo, spreto Deo, adhæreant. Monet igitur Ecclesia ne quis malignantes imitetur, sed quidquid boni speratur, a Domino postuletur, qui profutura et æterna dat.

36.1 Psalmus David. Psalmus this it_is as_if vestis of_Christ, which totum body his operiat præceptis, and protegat away adversis, and as_if sinu consilii foveat. Potio on_the_contrary those who murmurant about flore malorum, labore bonorum, as_if everything casu agantur, as mundo, spreto Deo, adhæreant. Monet igitur Ecclesia not who/any malignantes imitetur, but quidquid boni speratur, from Master postuletur, who profutura and æterna dat.

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