HEADING (PSALMS 58:1 A). ‘For the Chief Musician, set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam. The heading is a reproduction of the heading to Psalms 57 without the final clause. Psalms 58 is another of the many Psalms dedicated to the Choirmaster or Chief Musician. This may simply indicate Psal... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID'S VERDICT ON THE UNRIGHTEOUS (PSALMS 58:3). David's verdict on the unrighteous is that they are like this from birth. That there is within man that which causes them to go astray, a tendency to sin. They are like snakes who poison men, and never listen. Psalms 58:3 ‘The wicked are estranged... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID CALLS ON GOD TO DEAL WITH THE UNRIGHTEOUS AS THEY DESERVE (PSALMS 58:6). In five more vivid illustrations David calls on God to deal with the unrighteous, followed by a sixth by which he assures the unrighteous that all their plans will come to nothing. In the first three he calls for them to... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JOY OF THE RIGHTEOUS AT GOD'S INTERVENTION WHICH DEMONSTRATES THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL PREVAIL (PSALMS 58:10). The Psalm ends with the assurance that there is a God Who judges in the earth (or ‘land'), which will be made known to the righteous by His acts of vengeance on their behalf, in accorda... [ Continue Reading ]