Psalms 58:6
Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
In Context
5Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:
Cross References
Numbers 23:24Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Job 29:17I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
Psalms 3:7I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
Psalms 17:12They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
Jeremiah 8:17For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
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 →