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Introduction
1 | David reproves wicked judges; |
3 | describes the nature of the wicked; |
6 | devotes them to God's judgments; |
10 | whereat the righteous shall rejoice. |
Verse 1
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?- (Title
- &) Al-taschith. or, Destroy not. A golden Psalm.
- 57:1; 59:1; *titles
- Do
- 72:1-4; Deuteronomy 16:18,19; 2 Samuel 23:3; 2 Chronicles 19:6,7; Isaiah 11:3-5; 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5,6
- O congregation
- 82:1,2; Numbers 11:16; Deuteronomy 1:15,16; 2 Samuel 5:3; Matthew 26:3; 27:1; Luke 23:50,51; Acts 5:21
- O ye
- 82:6,7
Verse 2
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.- in heart
- 21:11; Ecclesiastes 3:16; Isaiah 59:4-6; Jeremiah 22:16,17; Ezekiel 22:12,27; Micah 3:1-3,9-12; John 11:47-53
- weigh
- 94:20; Isaiah 10:1; 26:7
Verse 3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.- estranged, etc
- 51:5; Job 15:14; Proverbs 22:15; Isaiah 48:8; Ephesians 2:3
- as soon, etc
- Heb. from the belly.
- 22:10; Isaiah 46:3
Verse 4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;- poison
- 140:3; Ecclesiastes 10:11; Romans 3:13; James 3:8
- like
- Heb. according to the likeness of. serpent.
- Matthew 3:7; 23:33
- the deaf
- Jeremiah 8:17
- adder or asp
- Pethen, is no doubt the boeten of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe] deaf.
- Job 20:14,16; Isaiah 11:8
Verse 5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.- Which
- That serpents might be charmed or rendered harmless was well known to the ancients. Virgil, and many others state the fact:--Frigidus in pratis cantando, rumpitur anguis. "In the meadows the cold snake is burst by incantation."
- charming never so wisely
- or, be the charmer never so cunning.
- Deuteronomy 18:11; Isaiah 19:3
Verse 6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.- Break their
- 3:7; 10:15; Job 4:10,11; 29:17; Ezekiel 30:21-26
- young
- 17:12; 91:13; Numbers 23:24; Isaiah 31:4; Hosea 5:14; Micah 5:8
Verse 7
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.- 22:14; 64:7,8; 112:10; Exodus 15:15; Joshua 2:9-11; 7:5; 2 Samuel 17:10; Isaiah 13:7
Verse 8
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.- a snail
- &-- Shabbelool, in Chaldee tivlala, the snail, is probably so called from the Arabic balla, to wet, moisten, because of the glutinous slime emitted from its body, by which it appears to waste itself away in its own motion; and in the same manner the wicked prove their own destruction.
- pass
- 37:35,36; Matthew 24:35; James 1:10
- untimely
- Job 3:16; Ecclesiastes 6:3
Verse 9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.- thorns
- 118:12; Ecclesiastes 7:6
- as
- 10:2,5; 55:23; 73:18-20; Job 18:18; 20:5-29; Proverbs 1:27; 10:25; 14:32; Isaiah 17:13; 40:24; Jeremiah 23:19
- both living, etc
- Heb. as living as wrath.
- Numbers 16:30
Verse 10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.- righteous
- 52:6; 64:10; 68:1-3; 107:42; Judges 5:31; Proverbs 11:10; Revelation 11:17,18; 18:20; Revelation 19:1-6
- wash
- 68:23; Job 29:6; Revelation 14:20
Verse 11
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.- Verily there is
- 73:13-15; 92:15; Malachi 3:14; Romans 2:5
- a reward for
- Heb. fruit of the, etc.
- Isaiah 3:10; Romans 6:21,22
- verily he
- 9:16; 64:9; 67:4; 33:18; 96:13; 98:9; Malachi 2:17; 2 Peter 3:4-10 Reciprocal: Genesis 15:1 - and thy; Genesis 18:25 - Shall; Exodus 10:2 - that ye; Exodus 34:7 - that will by no means clear the guilty; Deuteronomy 4:35 - know; Deuteronomy 6:22 - before; Judges 5:31 - So let; Judges 9:56 - God rendered; Judges 16:28 - that I may; Ruth 2:12 - recompense; 1 Samuel 25:39 - Blessed; 1 Kings 20:28 - therefore will; 1 Kings 21:19 - In the place; 2 Chronicles 15:7 - your work; 2 Chronicles 23:21 - General; 2 Chronicles 24:23 - princes; Job 19:29 - that ye may; Job 34:26 - in; Psalm 7:7 - So; Psalm 18:20 - rewarded; Psalm 21:13 - so will; Psalm 35:9 - General; Psalm 36:12 - There; Psalm 37:10 - thou; Psalm 52:6 - laugh; Psalm 54:7 - and mine; Psalm 75:7 - God; Psalm 79:10 - let him; Psalm 91:8 - Only; Psalm 94:15 - But; Psalm 107:42 - righteous; Proverbs 11:10 - when; Ecclesiastes 5:8 - thou seest; Isaiah 14:16 - shall narrowly; Isaiah 26:9 - for; Isaiah 49:26 - and all; Isaiah 66:24 - and look; Jeremiah 51:48 - the heaven; Ezekiel 25:14 - and they shall know; Ezekiel 30:8 - shall know; Ezekiel 36:35 - they shall; Malachi 1:5 - The Lord; Malachi 3:18 - discern; Matthew 5:12 - for great; Romans 3:5 - Is God; Romans 11:22 - therefore; Hebrews 11:6 - a rewarder; Revelation 6:10 - dost
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Bibliographical Information
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Psalms 58". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/tsk/psalms-58.html.
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Psalms 58". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://www.studylight.org/
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