Psalms 58:4
For behold, they have seized my soul. The strong have rushed upon me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
In Context
3Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
5And it is neither my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. I have run and gone directly, without iniquity.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: “I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.
Job 20:14His bread in his belly will be turned into the venom of snakes within him.
Psalms 51:7Because of this, God will destroy you in the end. He will pull you up, and he will remove you from your tabernacle and your root from the land of the living.
Ecclesiastes 10:11Whoever slanders in secret is nothing less than a snake that bites silently.
Jeremiah 8:17For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord.
Matthew 23:33You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape from the judgment of Hell?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 58:2-6
A Reproof to Wicked Judges. 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. We have reason to think that this… Read the whole commentary →