Psalms 58:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. ”

Psalms 58:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness - Whatever might be the outward appearances, whatever pretences they might make to just judgment, yet in fact their hearts were set on wickedness, and they were c...
Psalms 58:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of (b) your hands in the earth. (b) You are not ashamed to execute that cruelty publicly, which you have imagined in your hearts.
Psalms 58:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
Psalms 58:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wickedness. Hebrew. 'avval. Compare App-44. Ye weigh . Ye weigh out, or, dispense.
Psalms 58:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Yea, rather, in heart ye plot wickedness. In the former verse he complained of the gross shamelessness manifested in their conduct. Now he charges them both with entertaining wickedness i...
Psalms 58:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. Yea, in heart ye work wickedness - With their tongues they had spoken maliciously, and given evil counsel. In their...
Psalms 58:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye work wickedness, &c.— You work wickedness on the earth; your hands frame violence.
Psalms 58:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 58:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 58:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In heart... in the earth (or, better, in the land ). — These in the text are in antithesis. The mischief conceived in the heart is weighed out, instead of justice, by these unjust magistrates. The...
Psalms 58:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 58:1-11 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 widesp...
Psalms 58:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“There Is a God That Judgeth” Psalms 58:1-11 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 a...
Psalms 58:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 58:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe the iniquity is here said to be of the heart.
Psalms 58:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

FAITH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS I. The throne of iniquity ( Psalms 58:1-5 ). II. The throne of God ( Psalms 58:6-9 ). III. The spectacle of justice ( Psalms 58:10-11 ). Illustrations (1) ‘N...
Psalms 58:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness ,.... So far were they from speaking righteousness, and judging uprightly. The heart of man is wickedness itself; it is desperately wicked, and is the shop in which...
Psalms 58:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. Ver. 2. Yea, in heart ye work wickedness ] These the devil worketh it as in a forge; ye are always plotting and...
Psalms 58:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness Or, with your heart , that is, with free choice and consent; with premeditation and design, and with a strong inclination to it, and resolution in it, and not mere...
Psalms 58:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Reproof to Wicked Judges. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness...
Psalms 58:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In heart; or, with your heart ; with free choice and consent, and not only by constraint, and out of compliance with Saul. Ye weigh the violence of your hands; or, you weigh violence or injustic...
Psalms 58:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 58:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 58:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 c...
Psalms 58:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 treat...
Psalms 58:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 58:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
Psalms 58:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 3:16 ; Ezekiel 22:12 ; Ezekiel 22:27 ; Isaiah 10:1 ; Isaiah 26:7 ; Isaiah 59:4-6 ; Jeremiah 22:16 ; Jeremiah 22:17 ; John 11:47-53 ; Micah 3:1-3 ; Micah 3:9-12 ; Psalms 21:11...
Psalms 58:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Heart — With free choice and consent. Hands — He intimates that they did great wrong under the pretence of justice, and while they seemed exactly to weigh the true proportion between the actions an...

Psalms 58:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 58:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 58:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 58:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 58:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 58:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 58:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 58:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 58:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 58:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 58:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 58:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 58:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 58:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 58:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 58:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 58:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes