Psalms 58
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Psalms 58:1-5

112Do you indeedH552 3speakH1696 righteousnessH6664, you 4godsH410? Do you 5judgeH8199 6fairlyH4339, you sonsH1121 of mankindH120?2NoH637, in heartH3820 you 7practiceH6466 injusticeH5767; On earthH776 you 8clearH6424 aH6424 wayH6424 for the violenceH2555 of your handsH3027.3The wickedH7563 have turnedH2114 awayH2114 9from the wombH7358; These who speakH1696 liesH3577 10goH8582 astrayH8582 from 11birthH990.4They have venomH2534 likeH1823 the 12venomH2534 of a serpentH5175; LikeH3644 a deafH2795 cobraH6620 that stopsH331 upH331 its earH241,5SoH834 thatH834 it 13does not hearH8085 the voiceH6963 of 1415charmersH3907, Or a skillfulH2449 casterH2266 of spellsH2267.

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 58:1 Lit Do Not Destroy ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 58:1 Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 58:1 Another reading is speak righteousness in silence ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 58:1 Or mighty ones; or judges ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 58:1 Ps 82:2 ↩
  6. 6. Psalms 58:1 Or mankind fairly? ↩
  7. 7. Psalms 58:2 Mal 3:15 ↩
  8. 8. Psalms 58:2 Ps 94:20; Is 10:1 ↩
  9. 9. Psalms 58:3 Ps 51:5; Is 48:8 ↩
  10. 10. Psalms 58:3 Ps 53:3 ↩
  11. 11. Psalms 58:3 Lit the womb ↩
  12. 12. Psalms 58:4 Deut 32:33; Ps 140:3 ↩
  13. 13. Psalms 58:5 Jer 8:17 ↩
  14. 14. Psalms 58:5 Or whisperers ↩
  15. 15. Psalms 58:5 Eccl 10:11 ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 58

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