| Psalm 36 | |
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| "The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart" | |
| Hymn psalm | |
 Stained glass window depicting the "fountain of life" mentioned in the psalm, in St. Gregor VII in Bad Harzburg | |
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| Text | by David |
| Language | Hebrew (original) |
Psalm 36 is the 36th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 35. In Latin, it is known as Dixit iniustus [1] or Dixit injustus.[2] The psalm is a hymn psalm, attributed to David.
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has inspired hymns based on it, and has often been set to music, by Baroque composers such as Heinrich Schütz as well as contemporary composers such as Richard Nance.
Parts of this psalm have been singled out, for example "In Thy light shall we see light" (in Latin: "In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen") which is the motto of Columbia University, and which appears on its university seal.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter, Psalmus 35 (36) Archived 7 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Medievalist.
- ^ Book of Common Prayer, Psalm 36, St. Luke's Anglican Church, Sedona, Arizona, accessed 31 October 2021