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Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Jonathan Safa on Unsplash Podcast Introduction Today we’re going to read Psalms 36-38, and I’m calling the episode “Schemers.” Comments on Psalm 36 The title of this psalm is “For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.” There are only two psalms that use the phrase “the Lord’s servant.”: Psalm 18 and Psalm 36. In Psalm 18, David is an old man. Here in Psalm 36, David is a young man. All his life, David saw himself a God’s servant. Psalm 36 reaffirms something for me that I have often thought of. In verses 1-5, David talks about the evil man, and how he acts…what he does. And in verse 4, David says, “He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.” Now, I am far from perfect. In fact, there are times that I feel, like the Apostle Paul, that I am the chief of sinners. But I am constantly amazed by how thieves and liars devise schemes. When I hear how they do things to accomplish th