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THE WICKED ARE ESTRANGED FROM THE WOMB - The allusion here undoubtedly
is to the persons principally referred to in the psalm - the enemies
of David. But their conduct toward him suggests a more gener...
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Psalms 58
A Judgment Psalm
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1. Why God must judge (Psalms 58:1)
2. The judgment executed (Psalms 58:6)
“Do ye of a truth in silence speak righteousness?” (literal
rendering of the first verse)....
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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 the Psalmist are said to have gone astray from the wom...
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WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....
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_are estranged_ From God and His laws. Cp. Ephesians 4:18, "alienated
from the life of God": Colossians 1:21, "alienated and enemies in your
mind in your evil works," where St Paul uses the word
(ἀπῃλ...
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A description of the class to which these wicked judges belong; the
deliberately wicked, who are deaf to remonstrance and incapable of
reformation....
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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; when, to be more expressive, they speak in such terms...
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PSALMS 58
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Significant Warning to Corrupt Judges.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 58:1-5, Corrupt Judges Apostrophised, Described in
their Evil Doings and Training, in the Harm they D...
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_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 his own personal enemies
David passes to the innate corru...
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ESTRANGED] from God and righteousness.
4, 5. The comparison with serpents is twofold, first as to venom, and
second as to obstinate refusal to be influenced....
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This Ps. denounces the wickedness of unjust and oppressive judges, and
prays, in a series of powerful metaphors, for their destruction, in
order that righteousness may be vindicated, and God exalted a...
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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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 vice points to very early depravity. Such hardened sinn...
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_[Psalms 58:4]_ זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵ רָ֑חֶם
תָּע֥וּ...
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Psalms 58:1
THIS psalmist's fiery indignation against unjust judges and evil-doers
generally is not kindled by personal wrongs. The psalm comes hot from
a heart lacerated by the sight of widespread co...
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“THERE IS A GOD THAT JUDGETH”
Psalms 58:1
This psalm is launched against wicked rulers. It may have been
occasioned by the attitude of Abner and others of Saul's party, who
accounted David as a rebe...
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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 process (verses Psa 58:6-9), and its effect (verses t...
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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 from their birth....
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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 womb; the poison of the serpent which is deadly, an...
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_FAITH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS_
I. THE THRONE OF INIQUITY (Psalms 58:1).
II. THE THRONE OF GOD (Psalms 58:6).
III. THE SPECTACLE OF JUSTICE (Psalms 58:10).
ILLUSTRATIONS
(1) ‘Not
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3._They are estranged, being wicked from the womb. _He adduces, in
aggravation of their character, the circumstance, that they were not
sinners of recent date, but persons born to commit sin. We see s...
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Psalms 58. All righteousness was silent in Israel. The wicked were
such and nought else. The godly man looks for judgment on them, for,
let favor be shown to them, they will not learn uprightness. In...
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THE WICKED ARE ESTRANGED FROM THE WOMB,.... Which original corruption
of nature accounts for all the wickedness done by men: they are
conceived in sin, shapen in iniquity, and are transgressors from t...
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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.d._ These
enemies of mine are old sinners; hardened...
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_The wicked are estranged_ From God, and from all goodness; _from the
womb_ From their tender years, or, rather, strictly and properly, from
their birth: their very natures and principles are corrupt...
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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, SPEAKING LIES, their character from the first being...
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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, Michtam, a poem in epigrammatic form, of David....
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AS SOON AS THEY BE BORN:
_ Heb._ from the belly...
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1-5 When wrong is done under the form of law, it is worse than any
other; especially it is grievous to behold those who profess to be
children of God, joining together against any of his people. We s...
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ESTRANGED, to wit, from God, EPHESIANS 4:18, and from all goodness.
FROM THE WOMB; either,
1. Hyperbolically; even from their tender years. Or,
2. Strictly and properly. So the sense is, No wonder th...
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Psalms 58:3 wicked H7563 estranged H2114 (H8804) womb H7358 astray
H8582 (H8804) born H990 speaking H1696 ...
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DAVID'S VERDICT ON THE UNRIGHTEOUS (PSALMS 58:3).
David's verdict on the unrighteous is that they are like this from
birth. That there is within man that which causes them to go astray, a
tendency to...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for the defeat of ungodly men.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: However wicked people may prosper and bid defiance to
divine justice, they will eventually learn that there is a G...
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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 Greek and Latin writers mention the practice of cert...
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_Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?_
MAN IN MANY ASPECTS
I. The character of depraved men portrayed.
1. Unrighteous in judgment.
2. Wrong in heart.
3. Violent in the treatment of m...
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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
pra...
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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...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription.—“To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith_.” see
introduction to Psalms 57. “_Michtam of David_.” See Introduction
to Psalms 56. Moll: “This complaint respecting domestic
admin...
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EXPOSITION
A PSALM of condemnation on unrighteous judges. Some suppose the judges
to be superhuman beings, entrusted with the government of the earth
(Cheyne). Others suggest heathen rulers of Israel,...
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Psa 58:1-11 is a prayer of David. I would not want to be one of
David's enemies because of his prayers.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge
uprightly, O you sons of men? Y...
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Ephesians 2:3; Isaiah 46:3; Isaiah 48:8; Job 15:14; Proverbs 22:15;...
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Estranged — From God, and from all goodness. Their very natures are
corrupt, even from their birth: they are the wicked offspring of
sinful parents. Astray — By actual sins, from their childhood, as
s...
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How can an innocent child be wicked from the womb?
PROBLEM: Over and over the Bible speaks of the innocence and
guiltlessness of little children (cf. Deuteronomy 1:39) who do not
“know to refuse evil...