Psalms 58
11 verses
Psalm 58 is a judgment psalm invoking God's justice against unjust rulers who pervert justice and exploit the vulnerable, exemplifying the theological concerns of Book 2. The psalmist employs vivid imagery and direct address to God, establishing the intimate dialogue between worshiper and the divine that characterizes the psalmic tradition. The theological assertions center on God's character as both judge and redeemer, creating a comprehensive vision of divine justice and mercy integrated with human experience. The psalm reflects on both personal circumstance and communal identity, suggesting that individual faith finds validation through shared experience with the covenant community. The liturgical context indicates this psalm's function in worship where personal piety integrates with communal celebration of God's acts and attributes. The concluding movement typically affirms confidence in God's faithfulness, exemplifying the psalmic pattern of transformation through prayer and remembrance of divine acts throughout history.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
1
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
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2
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
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3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
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Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
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Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
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9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
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10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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