Psalms 58:1
Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house, in order to execute him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
In Context
2Rescue me from my enemies, my God, and free me from those who rise up against me.
Cross References
Numbers 11:16And the Lord said to Moses: “Gather to me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be elders, as well as teachers, of the people. And you shall lead them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and you shall cause them to stand there with you,
Deuteronomy 16:18You shall appoint judges and magistrates at all your gates, which the Lord your God will give to you, throughout each of your tribes, so that they may judge the people with a just judgment,
2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel spoke to me, the Strong One of Israel spoke, the Ruler of men, the Just Ruler, in the fear of God,
Psalms 57:1Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title.
Psalms 72:1A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart.
Psalms 82:6For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 58:1
It is the probable conjecture of some (Amyraldus particularly) that before Saul began to persecute David by force of arms, and raised the militia to seize him, he formed a process against him by course of law, upon which he was condemned unheard, and attainted as a traitor, by the great council, or supreme court of judicature, and then proclaimed "qui caput gerit lupinum—an outlawed wolf," whom any man might kill and no man might protect. The elders, in order to curry favour with Saul, having passed this bill of… Read the whole commentary →