This psalm is also inscribed as a psalm of David. Both the title and
the contents agree in fixing the time of its composition, and the
occasion, as being the same as in the two previous psalms. Knapp...
BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII.
Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and
avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here
and there, however, the name Y...
This Psalm begins with an indignant remonstrance with those in
authority, who not only fail to administer justice equitably, but are
themselves among the worst of offenders (Psalms 58:1-2). A descript...
LVIII.
After a challenge to certain corrupt magistrates, the poet in this
piece shows his detestation of the wicked, and anticipates their fate.
There is nothing in the contents of the psalm to bear o...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 58
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, ALTASCHITH, MICHTAM OF DAVID. According to the
Syriac version, this psalm was written when Saul threatened the
priests, because they did not show him w...
_A.M. 2946. B.C. 1058._
This Psalm was composed, as very many others were, upon the occasion
of those wicked calumnies, and unjust censures and sentences, which
were passed upon him by Saul and his c...