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Psalms Chapter 58

Psalms

psa 58:0

Overview

Psa 58:1, David reproves wicked judges; Psa 58:3, describes the nature of the wicked; Psa 58:6, devotes them to God's judgments; Psa 58:10, whereat the righteous shall rejoice.

Psa 57:1, Psa 59:1 *titles

Psalms 58:1

psa 58:1

Do: Psa 72:1-4; Deu 16:18, Deu 16:19; Sa2 23:3; Ch2 19:6, Ch2 19:7; Isa 11:3-5, Isa 32:1; Jer 23:5, Jer 23:6

O congregation: Psa 82:1, Psa 82:2; Num 11:16; Deu 1:15, Deu 1:16; Sa2 5:3; Mat 26:3, Mat 27:1; Luk 23:50, Luk 23:51; Act 5:21

O ye: Psa 82:6, Psa 82:7

Psalms 58:2

psa 58:2

in heart: Psa 21:11; Ecc 3:16; Isa 59:4-6; Jer 22:16, Jer 22:17; Eze 22:12, Eze 22:27; Mic 3:1-3, Mic 3:9-12; Joh 11:47-53

weigh: Psa 94:20; Isa 10:1, Isa 26:7

Psalms 58:3

psa 58:3

estranged: etc. Psa 51:5; Job 15:14; Pro 22:15; Isa 48:8; Eph 2:3

as soon: etc. Heb. from the belly, Psa 22:10; Isa 46:3

Psalms 58:4

psa 58:4

poison: Psa 140:3; Ecc 10:11; Rom 3:13; Jam 3:8

like: Heb. according to the likeness of

serpent: Mat 3:7, Mat 23:33

the deaf: Jer 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 κουφη, deaf. Job 20:14, Job 20:16; Isa 11:8

Psalms 58:5

psa 58:5

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, Deu 18:11; Isa 19:3

Psalms 58:6

psa 58:6

Break their: Psa 3:7, Psa 10:15; Job 4:10, Job 4:11, Job 29:17; Eze 30:21-26

young: Psa 17:12, Psa 91:13; Num 23:24; Isa 31:4; Hos 5:14; Mic 5:8

Psalms 58:7

psa 58:7

Psa 22:14, Psa 64:7, Psa 64:8, Psa 112:10; Exo 15:15; Jos 2:9-11, Jos 7:5; Sa2 17:10; Isa 13:7

Psalms 58:8

psa 58:8

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: Psa 37:35, Psa 37:36; Mat 24:35; Jam 1:10

untimely: Job 3:16; Ecc 6:3

Psalms 58:9

psa 58:9

thorns: Psa 118:12; Ecc 7:6

as: Psa 10:2, Psa 10:5, Psa 55:23, Psa 73:18-20; Job 18:18, 20:5-29; Pro 1:27, Pro 10:25, Pro 14:32; Isa 17:13, Isa 40:24; Jer 23:19

both living: etc. Heb. as living as wrath, Num 16:30

Psalms 58:10

psa 58:10

righteous: Psa 52:6, Psa 64:10, Psa 68:1-3, Psa 107:42; Jdg 5:31; Pro 11:10; Rev 11:17, Rev 11:18, Rev 18:20; Rev 19:1-6

wash: Psa 68:23; Job 29:6; Rev 14:20

Psalms 58:11

psa 58:11

Verily there is: Psa 73:13-15, Psa 92:15; Mal 3:14; Rom 2:5

a reward for: Heb. fruit of the, etc. Isa 3:10; Rom 6:21, Rom 6:22

verily he: Psa 9:16, Psa 64:9, Psa 67:4, Psa 33:18, Psa 96:13, Psa 98:9; Mal 2:17; Pe2 3:4-10


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