Psalms 58:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Psalms 58:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let them melt away as waters which run continually - Let them vanish or disappear as waters that flow off, or floods that run by, and are no more seen. “Perhaps” the allusion here may be to the w...
Psalms 58:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let them (f) melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. (f) Considering God's divine power, he shows that God in a mo...
Psalms 58:7 - 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 58:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cut in pieces . cut down [like grass].
Psalms 58:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Let them melt away as waters - Let them be minished away like the...
Psalms 58:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When he bendeth his bow, &c.— When they would shoot their arrows, let them be as it were without arms. Mudge. See Psalms 64:3-4 .
Psalms 58:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. -Petition rounded on the foregoing description of the malignity of the foe; confident anticipati...
Psalms 58:7 - 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 58:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

After the types of obstinate and fierce malignity, come four striking images of the fatuity of the wicked man’s projects, and his own imminent ruin. The first of these compares him to water, which, s...
Psalms 58:7 - 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 58:7 - 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 58:7 - 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 58:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 stro...
Psalms 58:7 - 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 58:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually ,.... Let them be disheartened, and their courage fail them, and let there be no spirit left in them, Joshua 7:5 ; or let them be unstable as wa...
Psalms 58:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. Let them melt away as waters ] As snowwaters before the...
Psalms 58:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let them melt away as waters , &c. As waters arising from melted snow, or great showers, or some other extraordinary cause, which at first run with great force and noise, and throw down all that...
Psalms 58:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophetic Imprecations. 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O L O...
Psalms 58:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As waters which run continually; as waters arising from melted snow, or great showers, or some other extraordinary cause, which at first run with great force and noise, and throw down all that stan...
Psalms 58:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Calls On God To Deal With The Unrighteous As They Deserve ( Psalms 58:6-9 ). In five more vivid illustrations David calls on God to deal with the unrighteous, followed by a sixth by which he...
Psalms 58:7 - 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 58:7 - 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 58:7 - 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 58:7 - 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 58:7 - 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 58:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 17:10 ; Exodus 15:15 ; Isaiah 13:7 ; Joshua 2:9-11 ; Joshua 7:5 ; Psalms 112:10 ; Psalms 22:14 ; Psalms 64:7 ; Psalms 64:8
Psalms 58:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Melt away — As waters arising from melted snow, which at first run with great force, but are suddenly gone.

Psalms 58:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 58:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 58:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 58:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 58:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 58:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 58:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 58:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 58:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 58:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 58:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 58:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 58:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 58:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 58:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 58:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 58:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes