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Psalm 36:12

There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.

10Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
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“They are thrust down” gives the plea for protection a severe ending: those who threatened the speaker now lie fallen, unable to rise.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 7:16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.Both describe the downfall of those who do harm; Psalm 7 names their own violence returning upon them.
Psalm 1:5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.The wicked cannot rise in Psalm 36 and cannot stand in the judgment in Psalm 1.
2 Thessalonians 1:8–9punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,Both describe judgment against wrongdoing; Thessalonians names those who do not know God or obey the Good News of Jesus.
Psalm 56:7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.Psalm 56 asks God to cast down people marked by iniquity; Psalm 36 describes workers of iniquity already thrust down.
Proverbs 10:29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.Both name workers of iniquity and describe their ruin; Proverbs contrasts that destruction with a stronghold for the upright.
Psalm 18:38I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.Both describe opponents falling and being unable to rise; Psalm 18 names the speaker striking them down in battle.
Jeremiah 51:64Then you shall say, ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.’” Thus far are the …Both describe a downfall with no rising again; Jeremiah names Babylon as the one that will sink.
Revelation 19:1–6After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;The link is indirect: Revelation praises God's power, while the psalm describes the downfall of those who do evil.
Judges 5:31“So let all your enemies perish, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.Both endings speak of enemies brought to ruin; Judges expresses this as a prayer that the LORD's enemies perish.
Revelation 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have …The link is broad: Revelation praises God's righteous acts, while the psalm depicts the overthrow of workers of iniquity.
Amos 8:14Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives,’ and, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,’ they will fall, and never rise up again.”Both describe people falling with no rising again; Amos names those whose oaths attach them to false worship.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

This ending gives no timetable for relief. Within a prayer for God's protection, the threat reaches its limit: the wicked who threatened to drive the speaker away cannot rise.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).