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Chapter Summary

Psalm 58 condemns corrupt judges who deal unjustly. Their venom is like a serpent's; they are deaf to justice like the cobra that stops its ears. David asks God to break their teeth and let them vanish like water. The righteous will rejoice when they see vindication, and people will say: "Surely there is a God who judges on earth."

Key Themes:

Justice & Judgment God as Judge

Emotional Tone:

Anger Hope

Key Verses in This Chapter

Verse 11 - Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth

Psalms Chapter 58

Chapter 58 of Psalms from the Holy Bible

Verses: 11Reading time: ~2 min

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Psalms 58:1

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Psalms 58:2

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Psalms 58:3

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

Psalms 58:4

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

Psalms 58:5

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Psalms 58:6

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Psalms 58:7

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.

Psalms 58:8

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.

Psalms 58:9

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

Psalms 58:10

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalms 58:11

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.