Psalms 58:2

wickedness. Hebrew. 'avval. Compare App-44.

Ye weigh. Ye weigh out, or, dispense.

Related Commentaries of 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 th...
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, wh...
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...
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 h...
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 sp...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye work wickedness, &c.— You work wickedness on the earth; your hands frame violence.
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.'...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Weigh] RV 'weigh out.' The 'scales of justice' are abused.
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, in...
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...
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...
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 pr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe the iniquity is here said to be of the heart.
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 justi...
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; i...
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 wor...
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 inc...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Reproof to Wicked Judges. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of...
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...
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 t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith .” see introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Michtam of David .” See Introduction to Psa...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness. Sin in the heart There once sailed from the city of Orleans a large and noble steamer, laden with cotton, and...
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 th...
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, Michta...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth, giving decisions which are, in effect. measures of violence, with...
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...
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 t...

² Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 58:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 58:2