Psalms 58:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;”

Psalms 58:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 58:47 words

HebrewMeaning

זֹ֣רוּzōrw

they turn asideverbH2114

place) · fanner · go away · strange(-r ···

רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym

wicked peopleadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

מֵ/רָ֑חֶםmērāḥem

from the wombpronH7358

womb

תָּע֥וּtāʿw

they go astrayverbH8582

deceive · dissemble · (cause to · make to) err ···

מִ֝/בֶּ֗טֶןmibeṭen

from the bellypronH990

body · as they be born · within · womb

דֹּבְרֵ֥יdōbərēy

those who speakverbH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

כָזָֽבkāzāb

falsehoodnounH3577

false · leasing · + liar · lie ···

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 58:4

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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