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Psalms 36:12
12There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen; They have been thrust down and cannot rise.
Psalms 36:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
- New International Version (NIV)See how the evildoers lie fallen— thrown down, not able to rise!
- English Standard Version (ESV)There the evildoers lie fallen; they are thrust down, unable to rise.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There the workers of iniquity have fallen; They have been cast down and are not able to rise.
Context of Psalms 36:12
10O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart. 11Do not let the foot of the proud [person] overtake me, And do not let the hand of the wicked drive me away. There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen; They have been thrust down and cannot rise.
Read all of Psalms 36Psalms 36:12 word by word
שָׁ֣ם נָ֭פְלוּ פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן דֹּ֝ח֗וּ וְלֹא־יָ֥כְלוּ קֽוּם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 36:12
- Psalms 9:16The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; The wicked are trapped by the work of their own hands. Higgaion (meditation) Selah.
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction; Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days. But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
- Psalms 58:10The [unyieldingly] righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance [of God]; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded.
- Judges 5:31So let all Your enemies perish, O Lord; But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.” And the land was at rest for forty years.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].
- Revelation 15:4Who will not fear [reverently] and glorify Your name, O Lord [giving You honor and praise in worship]? For You alone are holy; For all the nations shall come and worship before You, For Your righteous acts [Your just decrees and judgments] have been revealed and displayed.”
- Revelation 19:1After these things I heard something like the great and mighty shout of a vast multitude in heaven, exclaiming, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory (splendor, majesty) and power (dominion, might) belong to our God;
- Psalms 1:5Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
- Psalms 18:38I shattered them so that they were not able to rise; They fell [wounded] under my feet.
- Jeremiah 51:64Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink down and not rise because of the disaster that I will bring on her; and the Babylonians will become [hopelessly] exhausted.’ ” Thus the words of Jeremiah are completed.
Commentaries on Psalms 36:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12There are the workers of iniquity fallen - There, in Babylon, are the workers of iniquity fallen, and so cast down that they shall not be able to rise. A prophecy of the destruction of the Babylonish empire by Cyrus. That it was destroyed, is an historical fact; that they were never able to recover their liberty, is also a fact; and that Babylon itself is now blotted out of the map of the universe, so that the site of it is no longer known, is confirmed…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12There are the workers of iniquity fallen - The meaning of this seems to be, that the psalmist saw his prayer answered already. He speaks as if that which he desired and had prayed for was already done, and as if he himself saw it. He was so certain that it would be done, he had such an assurance that his prayer would be answered, that he seemed, by faith, to see the events already occurring before his own eyes, and felt that he might speak of what he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 Men may shut up their compassion, yet, with God we shall find mercy. This is great comfort to all believers, plainly to be seen, and not to be taken away. God does all wisely and well; but what he does we know not now, it is time enough to know hereafter. God's loving-kindness is precious to the saints. They put themselves under his protection, and then are safe and easy. Gracious souls, though still desiring more of God, never desire more…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The psalmist is sure that the chaos caused by the wicked (Psalm 36:1–4) will stop when they die.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. There--in the acting of violence, they are overthrown. A signal defeat.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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