PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 58:1. This is a community lament that
God’s people sing when they are confronted with injustice among
their own rulers. Singing this in worship (1) helps the faithful to
pray more earnestly for godly leadership; (2) helps form in the
leaders themselves a true moral compass... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 58:3 The song calls these unjust rulers WICKED.
This term, when applied to an Israelite, describes someone who does
not honor God. They are Israelites who are using their position to
squeeze the life out of their fellow Israelites (employing LIES as
well as “violence,” v. Psalms... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 58:6 TEETH IN THEIR MOUTHS, FANGS OF THE YOUNG
LIONS. The verse is a prayer that these evildoers may no longer have
their present power to do harm.
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 58:10 God loves to see his creation functioning
properly, which is why he loves justice. The RIGHTEOUS may suffer now,
but they can know that one day God will bring justice in the world
(see Galatians 6:9).
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