_DO YE INDEED SPEAK RIGHTEOUSNESS, O CONGREGATION? DO YE JUDGE UPRIGHTLY, O YE SONS OF MEN?_ Psalms 58:1.-Perversity of the unrighteous judges (Psalms 58:1); prayer for their overthrow; anticipation of it to the joy of the righteous, (Psalms 58:6); God's retributive justice vindicated (Psalms 58:11... [ Continue Reading ]
_YEA, IN HEART YE WORK WICKEDNESS; YE WEIGH THE VIOLENCE OF YOUR HANDS IN THE EARTH._ Yea, in heart ye work wickedness - Hebrew 'wickednesses.' "Yea," or also. In Psalms 58:1 he implied that they had not done what they ought to have done: he here says, they have also done what they ought not to hav... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WICKED ARE ESTRANGED FROM THE WOMB: THEY GO ASTRAY AS SOON AS THEY BE BORN, SPEAKING LIES._ The wicked are estranged from the womb. From his own personal enemies David passes to the innate corruption of the wicked in general. He does not mean that the wicked alone are thus innately corrupt; bu... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEIR POISON IS LIKE THE POISON OF A SERPENT: THEY ARE LIKE THE DEAF ADDER THAT STOPPETH HER EAR;_ Their poison. The Hebrew (chamath) means primarily burning heat, as poison inflames the system (James 3:7). THEY ARE LIKE THE DEAF ADDER THAT STOPPETH HER EAR. The "adder" х_ PETEN_ (H6620)], or 'as... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHICH WILL NOT HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF CHARMERS, CHARMING NEVER SO WISELY._ Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers - literally, the voice of those whispering in a low, sweet, and soothing tone. CHARMING NEVER SO WISELY - a different Hebrew word from that for "charmers " - literally, 'bi... [ Continue Reading ]
_BREAK THEIR TEETH, O GOD, IN THEIR MOUTH: BREAK OUT THE GREAT TEETH OF THE YOUNG LIONS, O LORD._ -Petition rounded on the foregoing description of the malignity of the foe; confident anticipation of the answer (Psalms 58:9). Verse 6. BREAK THEIR TEETH, O GOD. The Hebrew order brings God into prom... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEFORE YOUR POTS CAN FEEL THE THORNS, HE SHALL TAKE THEM AWAY AS WITH A WHIRLWIND, BOTH LIVING, AND IN HIS WRATH._ Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in (his) wrath. He here, as in Psalms 58:1, at first addresses the wicked directly... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL REJOICE WHEN HE SEETH THE VENGEANCE: HE SHALL WASH HIS FEET IN THE BLOOD OF THE WICKED._ The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance - (Psalms 52:6; Psalms 107:42.) God's vindication of His righteousness shall fill the righteous with joy. HE SHALL WASH HIS FEET IN... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THAT A MAN SHALL SAY, VERILY THERE IS A REWARD FOR THE RIGHTEOUS: VERILY HE IS A GOD THAT JUDGETH IN THE EARTH._ So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous. "Verily" - literally, only; it is not otherwise than so. 'There is fruit to the righteous: though for a time piet... [ Continue Reading ]