Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 58:11
the righteous. the righteous one.
He is. God: or, There is. God, judges in the earth [will say]. Note the Introversion in this verse.
the righteous. the righteous one.
He is. God: or, There is. God, judges in the earth [will say]. Note the Introversion in this verse.
Verse Psalms 58:11. _SO THAT A MAN SHALL SAY_] That is, people, seeing these just judgments of God, shall say, There is a reward (פרי _peri,_ _fruit_) to the righteous man. He has not sown his seed i...
SO THAT A MAN SHALL SAY - That is, every man shall say, or people everywhere shall see this. This expresses the result of a close observation of the divine dealings among people. The conclusion from t...
Psalms 58 A Judgment Psalm __ 1. Why God must judge (Psalms 58:1) 2. The judgment executed (Psalms 58:6) “Do ye of a truth in silence speak righteousness?” (literal rendering of the first verse)....
LVIII. A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE ON UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGES. This Ps. is closely allied to Psalms 82. The reproaches in Psalms 58:3, where the enemies of the Psalmist are said to have gone astray from the wom...
_So that a man shall say_ Rather, So that men shall say: the mass of men, who are neither -righteous" nor -wicked," but as it were spectators of the conflict between the righteous and the wicked. _Ve...
The issues of the judgement: the righteous rejoice in the discomfiture of their oppressors: men in general recognise the reality of God's moral government of the world....
PSALMS 58 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Significant Warning to Corrupt Judges. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 58:1-5, Corrupt Judges Apostrophised, Described in their Evil Doings and Training, in the Harm they D...
_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" - li...
This Ps. denounces the wickedness of unjust and oppressive judges, and prays, in a series of powerful metaphors, for their destruction, in order that righteousness may be vindicated, and God exalted a...
HE IS A GOD] RV 'there is a God.'...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
_[Psalms 58:12]_ וְ יֹאמַ֣ר אָ֭דָם אַךְ ־פְּרִ֣י...
Psalms 58:1 THIS psalmist's fiery indignation against unjust judges and evil-doers generally is not kindled by personal wrongs. The psalm comes hot from a heart lacerated by the sight of widespread co...
“THERE IS A GOD THAT JUDGETH” Psalms 58:1 This psalm is launched against wicked rulers. It may have been occasioned by the attitude of Abner and others of Saul's party, who accounted David as a rebe...
This is a fine setting forth of the certainty of the judgment of God against wickedness. The psalmist declares its reason (verses Psa 58:1-5), its process (verses Psa 58:6-9), and its effect (verses t...
So that a man shall say, (k) Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. (k) Seeing God governs all by his providence, he must put a difference between...
_His mercy. Protestants, "the God of my." Yet the text has "his;" i and v are easily confounded. The Keri here allows "my," which Pagnin translates. St. Jerome, "the mercy of my God;" (Haydock) or "my...
Surely these expressions are eminently in allusion to the Lord Christ, both on account of his victories in grace, and his righteous decrees in the judgment that will follow. Washing the feet in the bl...
REFLECTIONS MY soul, pass over and forget all lesser considerations, while perusing this Psalm, to behold Jesus, thy almighty Saviour, beautifully set forth under these Michtams of David. It is true,...
_FAITH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS_ I. THE THRONE OF INIQUITY (Psalms 58:1). II. THE THRONE OF GOD (Psalms 58:6). III. THE SPECTACLE OF JUSTICE (Psalms 58:10). ILLUSTRATIONS (1) ‘Not
11._So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward. _We have additional evidence from what is here said of the cause or source of it, that the joy attributed to the saints has no admixture of bad f...
Psalms 58. All righteousness was silent in Israel. The wicked were such and nought else. The godly man looks for judgment on them, for, let favor be shown to them, they will not learn uprightness. In...
SO THAT A MAN SHALL SAY,.... Any man, and every man, especially, that is observing, wise, and knowing; he shall conclude, from such a dispensation of things, from God's dealing with the wicked after t...
_So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth._ Ver. 11. _So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward_] Not the religious...
_So that a man shall say_, &c. These administrations of Divine Providence shall be so evident and convincing, that not only good men shall be sensible thereof, but any man that sees them; yea, even su...
so that a man shall say, with this bit of evidence before his eyes, v. ILY, THERE IS A REWARD FOR THE RIGHTEOUS, the Lord granting them this reward in mercy; verily, He is a God that judgeth in the ea...
A CRY FOR VENGEANCE UPON THE SUBVERTERS OF RIGHT. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, to be sung to the same melody as the preceding psalm, Michtam, a poem in epigrammatic form, of David....
A REWARD FOR: _ Heb._ fruit of the etc....
6-11 David prayed that the enemies of God's church and people might be disabled to do further mischief. We may, in faith, pray against the designs of the enemies of the church. He foretells their rui...
And these administrations of God's providence shall be so evident and convincing, that not only good men shall be sensible thereof, but any man that sees them, yea, even such as were apt to dispute or...
Psalms 58:11 men H120 say H559 (H8799) reward H6529 righteous H6662 is H3426 God H430 judges H8199 ...
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 ‘la...
CONTENTS: Prayer for the defeat of ungodly men. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: However wicked people may prosper and bid defiance to divine justice, they will eventually learn that there is a G...
Psalms 58:4. _The deaf adder,_ which stops her ears by putting one ear to the ground, and forcing her tail into the other. Very many of the ancient Greek and Latin writers mention the practice of cert...
_Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?_ MAN IN MANY ASPECTS I. The character of depraved men portrayed. 1. Unrighteous in judgment. 2. Wrong in heart. 3. Violent in the treatment of m...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 58:1. This is a community lament that God’s people sing when they are confronted with injustice among their own rulers. Singing this in worship (1) helps the faithful to pra...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 58:10 God loves to see his creation functioning properly, which is why he loves justice. The RIGHTEOUS may suffer now, but they can know that one day God will bring justice in the...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—“To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith_.” see introduction to Psalms 57. “_Michtam of David_.” See Introduction to Psalms 56. Moll: “This complaint respecting domestic admin...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of condemnation on unrighteous judges. Some suppose the judges to be superhuman beings, entrusted with the government of the earth (Cheyne). Others suggest heathen rulers of Israel,...
Psa 58:1-11 is a prayer of David. I would not want to be one of David's enemies because of his prayers. Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men? Y...
2 Peter 3:4; Isaiah 3:10; Malachi 2:17; Malachi 3:14; Psalms 33:18;...