“ Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charmingb never so wisely. ”
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers - The word rendered “charmers” - לחשׁ lachash - means properly “whisperers, mutterers,” and it refers here to those who made use of spells or i...
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...
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers - The old Psalter translates and paraphrases these two verses curiously: -...
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers - literally, the voice of those whispering in a low, sweet, and soot...
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...
Charmers. — Heb., melachashîm, a word undoubtedly formed from the sound made by the charmer in imitating the snake, in order to entice it from its hole. Lane, in Modern Egyptians, describing a...
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...
“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...
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...
Here are several very striking similitudes made use of, by way of setting forth the awful depravity of the human heart: the perversity even from the womb; the poison of the serpent which is deadly, a...
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...
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers ,.... Or "that use enchantments", to enchant serpents, by muttering certain words, or by magical songs; by which means it is said that they have been...
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Ver. 5. Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers ] Such there are, the devil's spellmen, Ecclesiastes 10:8 , that...
Their poison Their malicious disposition; is like the poison of a serpent Both in itself, being natural, inveterate, and incurable; and also in its effects, which are most pernicious. They are l...
A Reproof to Wicked Judges. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness...
This similitude doth neither justify the practice of charming, which, in the very word here used, is condemned, Deuteronomy 18:11 , no more than those which are drawn from the unjust steward, Lu...
David's Verdict On The Unrighteous ( Psalms 58:3-5 ). 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 tend...
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 58:4 . 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...
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...
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...
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.
Deuteronomy 18:11 ; Isaiah 19:3
Not hearken — As they commonly say of the adders, such really are these men: deaf to all my counsels, to their own consciences, and to God's law. Of the charming or enchanting of serpents, mention...