Psalms 58:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”

Psalms 58:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 58:38 words

HebrewMeaning

אַףʾap

alsoparticleH637

although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···

בְּ/לֵב֮bəlēb

in the heartpronH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

עוֹלֹ֪תʿwōlōt

injusticenounH5766

perverseness · unjust · unrighteousness; wicked

תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּ/ןtipəʿālwn

you do !verbH6466

do · make · ordain · work

בָּ/אָ֡רֶץbāʾāreṣ

in the landpronH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

חֲמַ֥סḥămas

the violence ofnounH2555

damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···

יְ֝דֵי/כֶ֗םyədēykem

hands yournounH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּ/ןtəpalēswn

you weigh out !verbH6424

ponder · weigh

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 58:3

1. The words which we have sung must be rather hearkened to by us, than proclaimed. For to all men as it were in an assemblage of mankind, the Truth cries, “If truly indeed justice ye speak, judge right things, you sons of men” Psalm 57:1. For to what unjust man is it not an easy thing to speak justice? Or what man if questioned about justice, when he has not a cause, would not easily answer what is just? Inasmuch as the hand of our Maker in our very hearts has written this…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 58 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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