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BEFORE YOUR POTS CAN FEEL THE THORNS - The word “thorns” here -
אטד _'âṭâd_ - refers to what is called “Christ’s
thorn,” the southern buckthorn. “Gesenius.” The fire made of
such thorns when dry wo...
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Psalms 58
A Judgment Psalm
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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)....
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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...
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THE THORNS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for
the fire caused by them (Ecclesiastes 7:6)....
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The general sense of the verse is clear, though the second line is
extremely obscure and possibly corrupt. The first line certainly
means, _Before your pots can feel the thorns_(possibly a proverbial...
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Since they are thus obstinately and incurably evil, nothing remains
but that they should be deprived of their power to hurt or altogether
destroyed....
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BEFORE YOUR POTS CAN FEEL THE THORNS— _Sooner than the bramble can
heat your pots, let God's wrath, like a stormy wind, sweep them away._
See Bishop Hare and Green. The author of the _Observations_ re...
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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...
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_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,...
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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...
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HE SHALL TAKE, etc.] Read, 'While the flesh is still raw wrath shall
sweep them away like a whirlwind.' Flesh is about to be cooked in a
pot, but almost before the fire has kindled a whirlwind scatter...
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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...
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BEFORE. — The figure in this difficult verse is generally
intelligible, though the text as it stands resists all attempts to
translate it. As in the preceding images, it must convey the idea of
aborti...
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_[Psalms 58:10]_ בְּ טֶ֤רֶם יָבִ֣ינוּ
סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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(g) Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as
with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
(g) As flesh is taken raw out of the pot before the water boils: so he
desires...
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_Laugh. Permitting them to become ridiculous. (Calmet)_...
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This appeal to God comes in very suitably after what was before
observed. If we accept the expressions as prayers for grace, or the
destruction of the irrecoverable foes of Christ, they are very stron...
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_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
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9._Before your pots can feel the fire of your thorns. _Some obscurity
attaches to this verse, arising partly from the perplexed
construction, and partly from the words being susceptible of a double
me...
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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...
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BEFORE YOUR POTS CAN FEEL THE THORNS,.... Which is soon done; for as
dry thorns make a great blaze, so they give a quick heat; the pots
soon feel them, or the water in them soon receives heat from the...
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with
a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
Ver. 9. _Before your pots can feel the thorns, &c._] Of this text we
may say, as on...
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_Before your pots can feel the thorns_ That is, the heat of a fire of
thorns made under them, which they soon do, as it is a quick fire, and
burns violently while it lasts; _he shall take them away_ N...
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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....
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, namely, the heat of the burning
thorns used as fuel by caravans, HE SHALL TAKE THEM AWAY AS WITH A
WHIRLWIND, with a sudden and unexpected destruction, BOTH LIVIN...
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BOTH LIVING, AND IN HIS WRATH:
_ Heb._ as living, as wrath...
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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...
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FEEL THE THORNS, i.e. the heat of the fire kindled by the thorns put
under them for that purpose; before your pots can be thoroughly
heated. TAKE THEM AWAY, to wit, mine enemies; whose sudden destruct...
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Psalms 58:9 pots H5518 feel H995 (H8799) thorns H329 whirlwind H8175
(H8799) living H2416 wrath H2740
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 7:6; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 40:24; Jeremiah 23:19; Job 1
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Before — Before your pots can be heated. Take them — Violently and
irresistibly. Living — Alive, as he did Korah....