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Verse Psalms 58:4. _THEIR POISON_ IS _LIKE THE POISON OF A SERPENT_]
When they bite, they convey poison into the wound, as the serpent
does. They not only injure you by outward acts, but by their
mal...
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THEIR POISON - Their malignity; their bad spirit; that which they
utter or throw out of their mouth. The reference here is to what they
speak or utter Psalms 58:3, and the idea is, that it is penetrat...
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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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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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LIKE THE DEAF ADDER, &C.— Dr. Hammond observes from Schindler, that
"the _deaf viper,_ or _adder,_ is so called, because, being deaf of
one ear, he useth to stop the other with dust, or with his tail,...
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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...
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_THEIR POISON IS LIKE THE POISON OF A SERPENT: THEY ARE LIKE THE DEAF
ADDER THAT STOPPETH HER EAR;_
Their poison. The Hebrew (chamath) means primarily burning heat, as
poison inflames the system (Jam...
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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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THEIR POISON... — Better, _they have a venom like_, &c. The term for
serpent is the generic _nâchash._
The most forcible images of determined wickedness, and of the
destruction it entails, now follow...
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_[Psalms 58:5]_ חֲמַת ־לָ֗מֹו כִּ דְמ֥וּת
חֲמַת ־נָחָ֑שׁ כְּמֹו ־פֶ֥תֶן
חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ יַאְטֵ֥ם אָזְנֹֽו׃...
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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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Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the
deaf (d) adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
(d) They pass in malice and subtilty the crafty serpent who could
preserve himself by stopp...
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_Caught. Hebrew, "laid snares for." Septuagint, "hunted." The enemy
wished eagerly to take David, or Nehemias, (Haydock; Calmet) and they
seemed to have so surrounded the former, as to be sure of him....
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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 only does the Psalmi...
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4._Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the
deaf adder _(348) He prosecutes his description; and, though he might
have insisted on the fierceness which characterised their oppos...
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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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THEIR POISON [IS] LIKE THE POISON OF A SERPENT,.... Either their
"wrath" and fury, as the word x may be rendered, against God, his
people, and even one another, is like that of a serpent when irritate...
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Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the
deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
Ver. 4. _Their poison is like the poison of a serpent_] Their inbred
corruption (the spawn of t...
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_Their poison_ Their malicious disposition; _is like the poison of a
serpent_ Both in itself, being natural, inveterate, and incurable; and
also in its effects, which are most pernicious. _They are li...
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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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LIKE THE:
_ Heb._ according to the likeness
ADDER:
Or, asp...
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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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THEIR POISON, their virulent and malicious disposition, is like the
poison of a serpent; partly in itself, being natural, and inveterate,
and incurable; and partly in its most pernicious effects....
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Psalms 58:4 poison H2534 like H1823 poison H2534 serpent H5175 deaf
H2795 cobra H6620 stops H331 (H8686) ear H241
poison - Psalms 140:3; Ecclesiastes 10:11; Romans 3:13; James 3:8
serpent -...
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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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Psalms 58:4
Deaf adders may seem very stupid creatures to be teaching lessons to
human beings, but they are certainly able to do it. There is quite a
variety of deaf adders in the world.
I. Lazy sch...
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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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EARS AND NO EARS
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear. Psalms 58:4.
I wonder how many boys and girls here have been deaf? Many people have
been deaf at some time because of ear infecti...
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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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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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Ecclesiastes 10:11; Isaiah 11:8; James 3:8; Jeremiah 8:17; Job 20:14;
Job 20:16; Matthew 23:33; Matthew 3:7; Psalms 140:3; Romans 3:13...
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Poison — Their malicious disposition....