Psalms 58:3

wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The wicked are estranged from the womb - The allusion here undoubtedly is to the persons principally referred to in the psalm - the enemies of Da...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The wicked (c) are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. (c) That is, enemies to the people of God even fr...
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

3. They are estranged, being wicked from the womb. He adduces, in aggravation of their character, the circumstance, that they were not sinne...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. The wicked are estranged from the womb - "This," says...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The wicked are estranged from the womb— This is a strong hyperbole, a figure often used, as it is here, with great elegance by the finest writers;...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. The wicked are estranged from the womb. From h...
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

Estranged ] from God and righteousness. 4, 5 . The comparison with serpents is twofold, first as to venom, and second as to obstinate refusal to b...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Wicked. — The poet passes from his indignant challenge to the unjust judges to speak of the wicked generally. He finds that such maturity of vi...
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

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...
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

The wicked are estranged from the womb ,.... Which original corruption of nature accounts for all the wickedness done by men: they are conceived in...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Ver. 3. The wicked are estranged from the womb ] q...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The wicked are estranged From God, and from all goodness; from the womb From their tender years, or, rather, strictly and properly, from their bi...
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

Estranged, to wit, from God, Ephesians 4:18 , and from all goodness. From the womb; either, 1. Hyperbolically; even from their tender years....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 with...
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 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

The wicked are estranged from the womb, full of wickedness against God from the very moment of their birth; they go astray as soon as they be born,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 2:3 ; Isaiah 46:3 ; Isaiah 48:8 ; Job 15:14 ; Proverbs 22:15 ; Psalms 22:10 ; Psalms 51:5
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Estranged — From God, and from all goodness. Their very natures are corrupt, even from their birth: they are the wicked offspring of sinful parents...

³ The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 58:3

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 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

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