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Verse Psalms 58:5. _WHICH WILL NOT HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF CHARMERS_]
The old Psalter translates and paraphrases these two verses curiously:
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_Vulg_. Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis; si...
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WHICH WILL NOT HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF CHARMERS - The word rendered
“charmers” - לחשׁ _lachash_ - means properly “whisperers,
mutterers,” and it refers here to those who made use of spells or
incantat...
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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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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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_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 t...
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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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CHARMERS. — Heb., _melachashîm,_ a word undoubtedly formed from the
sound made by the charmer in imitating the snake, in order to entice
it from its hole. Lane, in _Modern Egyptians,_ describing a sna...
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_[Psalms 58:6]_ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא ־יִ֭שְׁמַע לְ
קֹ֣ול מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים חֹובֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣ים
מְחֻכָּֽם׃...
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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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_I ran. Hebrew, "they," &c. But the Septuagint would not have made
such a mistake, (Berthier) and the Hebrew appears to be incorrect,
though we may understand "without iniquity in me, they have run....
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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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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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WHICH WILL NOT HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF CHARMERS,.... Or "that use
enchantments", to enchant serpents, by muttering certain words, or by
magical songs; by which means it is said that they have been dra...
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so
wisely.
Ver. 5. _Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers_] Such there
are, the devil's spellmen, Ecclesiastes 10:8, that can...
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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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CHARMING NEVER SO WISELY:
Or, be the charmer never so cunning...
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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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This similitude doth neither justify the practice of charming, which,
in the very word here used, is condemned, DEUTERONOMY 18:11, no more
than those which are drawn from the unjust steward, LUKE 16:1...
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Psalms 58:5 heed H8085 (H8799) voice H6963 charmers H3907 (H8764)
Charming H2266 (H8802) H2267 skillfully H2449 (H8794)
charming never so wisely - or, be the charmer never so cunning,
Deuteronomy 18:...
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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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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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Deuteronomy 18:11; Isaiah 19:3...
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Not hearken — As they commonly say of the adders, such really are
these men: deaf to all my counsels, to their own consciences, and to
God's law. Of the charming or enchanting of serpents, mention is...