Psalms 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
foot	רֶ֣גֶל Re.gel	H7272	a foot (as used in walking) · noun, common feminine singular construct
pride	גַּאֲוָ֑ה ga.'a.Vah	H1346	arrogance or majesty · noun, common feminine singular absolute
come	תְּ֭בוֹאֵנִי Te.vo.'e.ni	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal jussive, 3rd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix
hand	וְיַד ve.yad-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct
wicked	רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים re.sha.'Im	H7563	morally wrong · noun, common masculine plural absolute
remove	תְּנִדֵֽנִי te.ni.De.ni	H5110	to nod · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Psalms 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Isaiah 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid th…
Job 40:11-12 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Psalms 12:3-5 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Psalms 123:3-4 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Psalms 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 17:8-14 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psalms 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 36:5–end

David, having looked round with grief upon the wickedness of the wicked, here looks up with comfort upon the goodness of God, a subject as delightful as the former was distasteful and very proper to be set in the balance against it. Observe, I. His meditations upon the grace of God. He sees the world polluted, himself endangered, and God dishonoured, by the transgressions of the wicked; but, of a sudden, he turns his eye, and heart, and speech, to God "However it be, yet thou art good." He here acknowledges, 1. The transcendent perfections of the divine nature. Among men we have often reason to complain, There is no truth nor mercy, (Hos 4:1), no judgment nor justice, Isa 5:7. But all these…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 36:11

foot of . . . hand . . . wicked--all kinds of violent dealing.

John Gill on Psalms 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me,.... Meaning some proud enemy, such an one as Ahithophel, of whom R. Obadiah expounds, it, who lifted up his heel against him; and is applicable to any haughty enemy of Christ and his people, and particularly to antichrist, the man of sin, that exalts himself above all that is called God; and let not the hand of the wicked remove me; either from the house of God; or from his throne, that high station and dignity in which he was placed.

John Calvin on Psalms 36:10–end

Psalm 36:10-12 10. Prolong [11] thy mercy to them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 11. Let not the foot of pride come upon me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. 12. There the workers of iniquity are fallen: they are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise. 10. Prolong thy mercy to them that know thee. David now sets himself to pray. And, first, he asks in general, that God would continue his mercy to all the godly, and then he pleads particularly in his own behalf, imploring the help of God against his enemies. Those who affirm that God is here said to prolong or extend his mercy because it is exalted above the heavens, indulge in a style of spe…

The Church Fathers

Advance on the road to sublimity by the footstep of humility. He himself exalts those who follow him humbly, who was not ashamed to descend to the fallen.
— Augustine of Hippo, On Holy Virginity 52(53)

Pride is an unsound vehicle, and one who gets into it is quickly thrown. The humble person always stands firm, and the foot of pride will never trip him.
— Evagrius Ponticus, ON THE EIGHT THOUGHTS 8:13

And because he had spoken of pride, he added: And let not the hand of sinners move me. For just as the limbs are of Christ, so the limbs are of the devil. Let not the hand of sinners move me, that is, let not their actions, which sin, move me from the station of justice. For often, when we see sinners abound in prosperous successes, we waver in our feelings, and as it were, we are torn away from the root of virtue by a kind of hand of sin. Therefore, we must be careful that the hand of the enemy does not uproot those whom the divine hand has planted in the house of God.
— Ambrose of Milan, Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms, On Psalm 36, 27

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Psalms 36:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 36:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 36:11

John Gill on Psalms 36:11

John Calvin on Psalms 36:10–end

The Church Fathers

Psalms 36:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 36:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 36:11

John Gill on Psalms 36:11

John Calvin on Psalms 36:10–end

The Church Fathers

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 36:10–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 36:10-11

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 36:11