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Psalm 36 is the 36th psalm from the Book of Psalms.
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Authorship
The text of the Psalms states Davidic authorship, for the chief musician of the temple.
The psalm may either be understood as a prayer of the persecuted who has taken refuge in the temple or figuratively of a refuge in God. The psalmist prides in the goodness of God in which he finds safe and blessed be. The psalm concludes with a plea to God for those who honor him, to bless with his justice and to protect them from the snares of the wicked.
Judaism
Catholicism
Catholic scholarship saw the psalm as An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the wicked; and to trust in Providence.
Protestantism
The Vulgate version of verse 10 "in lumine tuo videbimus lumen" (In Thy light shall we see light) is used often as a heraldic motto of Columbia University. The refrain and the first verse of "O Lord, thy mercy is sufficient so far as the sky is" is based on the verse 6 and 7 of Psalm 36.