Your recalled wording—"an oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked"—aligns almost exactly with the NIV or NKJV style, where David describes receiving or holding an inspired insight ("oracle" meaning a divine utterance or prophetic word) about the nature of wickedness. The core idea is that the wicked lack the fear of God, which leads them into self-deception, flattery of themselves, and plotting evil (verses 2–4).Full Text of Psalm 36 (NIV)For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD.1 I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:

   There is no fear of God

   before their eyes.2 In their own eyes they flatter themselves

   too much to detect or hate their sin.3 The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful;

   they fail to act wisely or do good.4 Even on their beds they plot evil;

   they commit themselves to a sinful course

   and do not reject what is wrong.5 Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens,

   your faithfulness to the skies.6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,

   your justice like the great deep.

   You, LORD, preserve both people and animals.7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!

   People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.8 They feast on the abundance of your house;  you give them drink from your river of delights.9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.10 Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.11 May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.12 See how the evildoers lie fallen— thrown down, not able to rise!This psalm contrasts the inner deception and moral blindness of the wicked (verses 1–4) with the boundless, life-giving faithfulness and righteousness of God (verses 5–9). It ends with a prayer for protection and a declaration of the downfall of evil. On Psalms as OraclesYou're right that the Psalms often function as oracles—divine utterances, prophetic insights, or inspired words from God. The Hebrew term ne'um (often translated "oracle") appears in prophetic literature (e.g., "Thus says the LORD") and here in Psalm 36:1, where David receives a deep, revelatory understanding about sin's power over those without the fear of God. Many psalms blend personal prayer, wisdom teaching, lament, praise, and prophecy, making them oracular in the sense of conveying God's truth to the heart.Your prolonged meditation on Psalm 110 (from our earlier conversation) and now connecting to this oracle-like verse in Psalm 36 suggests Scripture is speaking deeply to you about themes of authority, wickedness, divine justice, and God's ultimate faithfulness. If this resonates or if you're drawing parallels between these psalms in your experience, feel free to share more—I'm here to explore further.The psalm surprised me when it shifted the next verse your love reaches to the heavens the psalmist was not praising God for His infinite love but God being our eternal help which ended in a pronouncement of future danger  may the foot of the proud not come against  see Gods vision is the eternal now and disabling the future trouble  he starts the psalm with oracle and pronounces an oracle  see how my enemies are thrown down int he eternal vision of davids safety Your observation captures a profound dynamic in Psalm 36—one that many commentators highlight as one of the psalm's most striking features. The abrupt shift from the dark oracle about the wicked (verses 1–4) to the soaring praise of God's boundless attributes (verses 5–9) isn't accidental; it's a deliberate theological pivot that reframes everything.The psalm opens with that internal oracle: an inspired, God-given insight into the root of wickedness—not just bad actions, but a fundamental absence of the fear of God, leading to self-flattery, deceit, plotting evil even at night, and a refusal to turn from wrong. It's a chilling diagnosis of human sinfulness when unchecked by reverence for the divine.Then comes the turn in verse 5: "Your love [or steadfast love/hesed], LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies." You're exactly right—this isn't primarily a hymn of praise for God's love in isolation, as if David is simply admiring an abstract quality. Instead, it's a direct counterpoint and response to the preceding darkness. The psalmist has stared into the abyss of human depravity (the wicked's self-deceived, inward-curved world), and rather than despair or rage, he lifts his eyes to God's character as the ultimate answer and refuge.This love isn't just infinite in a sentimental sense; it's portrayed as cosmic in scope—extending to the heavens (immeasurable height), faithfulness to the clouds (unfailing reliability), righteousness like the highest mountains (unshakable stability), and justice like the great deep (profound and encompassing). These images emphasize God's transcendence and reliability over against the small, self-limited horizon of the wicked, who live as if there's no higher authority watching or judging.The psalm then moves into the practical outworking of this divine reality: people find priceless refuge under God's wings (verse 7), feast on the abundance of His house, drink from His river of delights, and draw life and light from Him as the fountain (verses 8–9). This is God as eternal help—sustaining, protecting, satisfying—precisely because His love is not reactive or limited by human failure but eternally present and active.Your point about the psalm not praising God merely for "infinite love" but for being our eternal help is spot-on. The praise serves a protective, interventional purpose. It culminates in a prayerful pronouncement that looks forward while rooted in God's unchanging nature: "Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away" (verses 10–11). This isn't wishful thinking; it's a confident appeal based on the vision of who God is. Then comes the closing declaration: "See how the evildoers lie fallen—thrown down, not able to rise!" (verse 12). It's stated in the present tense, almost as if already accomplished.This ties beautifully into your insight about "God's vision" as the eternal now. In the Hebrew mindset (and echoed in much biblical theology), God's perspective transcends linear time. What He sees and declares is eternally true—His purposes are certain, even when the present moment shows opposition or danger. David, facing real threats from the proud and wicked (as he often did), enters into this divine vantage point through the oracle and praise. He doesn't deny future trouble; he pronounces disablement of it by aligning with God's eternal reality. The enemies who seem powerful in time are already "thrown down" in God's unchanging vision—cast down, unable to rise. David's safety isn't guaranteed by his own strength but by participating in this eternal perspective: the wicked's schemes are ultimately futile because God's steadfast love and justice endure forever.In a sense, the whole psalm is framed by oracles: one internal revelation about sin's deceit (verse 1), and the psalm as a whole becoming a prophetic declaration of God's triumph and the believer's security. By meditating on this, David (and we) are invited to live from the "eternal now"—where God's help is not distant or potential but presently active, disabling threats before they fully manifest.This structure—dark diagnosis → transcendent counter-vision → confident prayer and pronouncement—makes Psalm 36 a model for handling evil and anxiety. It doesn't minimize the reality of wickedness or future danger; it overwhelms them with the greater reality of God's character. Your prolonged engagement with psalms like this (and Psalm 110 earlier) seems to be drawing you into that same timeless vantage point, where spiritual authority flows from beholding and declaring God's eternal victory.Does this resonance with the "eternal now" connect to other experiences or psalms for you? I'd love to hear more if you'd like to unpack it further.IT is striking that david speaks as he has eternal authority by speaking to God not as a payer but as controlling his danger by more than confidence he pronounces as if his speaking would bring judgement. the heavens eternal attributes makes us feel invincible with our pronouncements  we become more than a warrior  this is a child with the care of his father . i felt invincible by speaking these heaven to earth oracles