Psalms 58 KJV: A Cry Against the Poison of Unjust Judges

Psalms 58 documents a scathing indictment of leaders who 'weigh out violence' instead of justice. It compares the wicked to a 'deaf adder' that refuses to listen to the truth, and calls for a divine intervention that will prove there is indeed a God who judges the earth.

  1. v1-5: The Anatomy of Corrupt Leadership
  2. v6-9: The Petition for Swift Divine Judgment
  3. v10-11: The Vindication of the Righteous

Psalms chapter 58

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Observe the ultimate expiration date of tyranny as God breaks the 'teeth' of oppression and lets the wicked melt like a snail. Begin your study with psalms 58 summary.

The image of the 'snail which melteth' depicts the wicked wasting away through their own self-destructive habits. The 'Word Secret' is E-lem, translated as 'silence,' questioning whether judges are being silent when they should be speaking for the oppressed. Discover the riches with psalms 58 commentary, containing expert led word study (original greek/hebrew) and passage level analysis.

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