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Psalm 36

Psa. 36:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For he flattereth
chalaq (Hebrew #2505)
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
KJV usage: deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-)part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
himself in his own eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, ζuntil his iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
be found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
to be hateful
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
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to find his iniquity to hate.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 10:3• 3For the wicked [man] boasteth of his soul's desire;{HR}He blesseth the plunderer, he despiseth Jehovah. (Psa. 10:3)
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Psa. 49:18• 18Though (for) he blesseth his soul in his life,{HR}And men will praise thee when thou doest good to thyself, (Psa. 49:18)
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Deut. 29:19• 19{i}and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.{/i} (Deut. 29:19)
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Jer. 2:23,34‑35• 23{i}How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done—a swift dromedary traversing her ways!{/i}
 34{i}Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but it is found upon all these.{/i}
 35{i}And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned.{/i} (Jer. 2:23,34‑35)
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Jer. 17:9• 9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jer. 17:9)
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Hos. 12:7‑8• 7A merchant [Canaan], the balance of deceit in his hand, he loveth to overreach!
 8And Ephraim said, I am simply become rich; I have found me out substances: it is all my labours. They will find no iniquity in me that is sin. (Hos. 12:7‑8)
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Luke 10:29• 29But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour? (Luke 10:29)
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Luke 16:14‑15• 14{i}And the Pharisees also, who were covetous,{/i} heard all these things, {i}and{/i} sneered at him.
 15And he said unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:14‑15)
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Rom. 7:9• 9But I was alive apart from law once; but, the commandment having come, sin revived and I died, (Rom. 7:9)
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Rom. 10:3• 3For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own [righteousness], they have not submitted to the righteousness of God. (Rom. 10:3)
until, etc.
Heb. to find his iniquity to hate.
1 Sam. 15:18‑24• 18And Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
 19Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Jehovah?
 20And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
 21But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.
 22And Samuel said,{HR}Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,{HR}As in obeying the voice of Jehovah?{HR}Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,{HR}And to hearken than the fat of rams.
 23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.{HR}And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.{HR}Because thou hast rejected the word, of Jehovah,{HR}He hath also rejected thee from being king.
 24And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovah, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. (1 Sam. 15:18‑24)
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1 Chron. 10:13‑14• 13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against Jehovah, even against the word of Jehovah, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it.
 14And inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. (1 Chron. 10:13‑14)
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Rom. 3:9• 9What then? are we better? Not at all; for we have before charged both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin, (Rom. 3:9)
• Flattering himself in his own sight, he is devising mischief; has no abhorrence of evil. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 33-36” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful.

W. Kelly Translation

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For he hath flattered himself in his own eyes,{HR}Until thata his iniquity is found out and hated.

WK Translation Notes

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Literally, "to the finding out his iniquity, to the hating it."