Psalms 58

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God Who Judges the Earth

1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? Righteousness: 2 Samuel 23:3, Isaiah 32:1. Parallel theme: Psalms 57:1, 59:1, Numbers 11:16, 2 Samuel 5:3, Matthew 26:3, 27:1, Acts 5:21 +4

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. Evil: Psalms 21:11, Ecclesiastes 3:16, Malachi 3:15. Parallel theme: Psalms 94:20, Isaiah 10:1, 26:7, Ezekiel 22:12, 22:27 +3

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Parallel theme: Psalms 51:5, Proverbs 22:15, Isaiah 48:8, Ephesians 2:3

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; Parallel theme: Psalms 140:3, Ecclesiastes 10:11, James 3:8

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Parallel theme: Jeremiah 8:17

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty.. References God: Psalms 3:7. Parallel theme: Job 29:17, Hosea 5:14, Micah 5:8

7 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. Parallel theme: Psalms 64:3, 112:10, Exodus 15:15, Joshua 7:5, Isaiah 13:7

8 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. Parallel theme: Job 3:16, Ecclesiastes 6:3

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. Parallel theme: Psalms 118:12, Proverbs 10:25, Ecclesiastes 7:6

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the bloodBlood: דָּם (Dam). The Hebrew dam (דָּם) means blood—representing life itself. 'The life of the flesh is in the blood' (Leviticus 17:11), and blood was required for atonement, foreshadowing Christ's sacrifice. of the wicked. Blood: Psalms 68:23, Deuteronomy 32:43. Evil: Psalms 91:8. Righteousness: Psalms 64:10, 107:42, Proverbs 11:10

11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity. that judgeth in the earth. References God: Psalms 64:9, Malachi 3:14. Judgment: Malachi 2:17. Righteousness: Psalms 9:8, 18:20, 67:4, 98:9, Isaiah 3:10, Romans 2:5. Parallel theme: Psalms 33:18 +5