Deuteronomy 18:11; Isaiah 19:3
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers - The word rendered “charmers” - לחשׁ lachash - means properly “whisperers, mutterers,” and 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...
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 translat...
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers - literally, the v...
This Ps. denounces the wickedness of unjust and oppressive judges, and prays, in a series of powerful metaphors, for their destruction, in order that...
Will not hearken, etc.] cp. Jeremiah 8:17 . The ancient art of snake-charming is still practised in the East.
Charmers. — Heb., melachashîm, a word undoubtedly formed from the sound made by the charmer in imitating the snake, in order to entice it from it...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers ,.... Or "that use enchantments", to enchant serpents, by muttering certain words, or by magical son...
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 ar...
Their poison Their malicious disposition; is like the poison of a serpent Both in itself, being natural, inveterate, and incurable; and also in i...
A Reproof to Wicked Judges. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of...
This similitude doth neither justify the practice of charming, which, in the very word here used, is condemned, Deuteronomy 18:11 , no more than t...
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...
INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith .” see introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Michtam of David .” See Introduction to Psa...
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...
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? Man in many aspects I. The character of depraved men portrayed. 1. Unrighteous in judgment...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of condemnation on unrighteous judges. Some suppose the judges to be superhuman beings, entrusted with the government of th...
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...
which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely, no matter if the formulas are worded and the charm applied in the most car...
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. O...
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charmingb never so wisely.