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Psalm 58:2 KJV
Psalms · chapter 58 · verse 2
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.Psalm 58:2 · King James Version
Psalm 58:2 in context
1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wickednessʻevelevilH5766 →
- violencechâmâçviolenceH2555 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- weighpâlaçproperly, to roll flatH6424 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
- workpâʻalto do or make , especially to practiseH6466 →
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We have reason to think that this psalm refers to the malice of Saul and his janizaries against David, because it bears the same inscription (Al-taschith, and Michtam of David) with that which goes before and that which follows, both which appear, by the title, to have been penned with reference to that persecution…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5