Psalms 58:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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 soothing tone.

Charming never so wisely - a different Hebrew word from that for "charmers " - literally, 'binding (by a spell).' Saul could hear; for that his conscience was not dead appears from his more than once expressing his conviction that David would succeed to the throne (1 Samuel 24:20-21; 1 Samuel 26:21; 1 Samuel 26:25); yet he continued to resist conscience, as well as David's protestations of his innocence of treason, and Jonathan's intercession.

Psalms 58:5

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charmingb never so wisely.