Psalms 58:2
Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
In Context
3Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11I was cast on thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Isaiah 10:1Woe to them that write wickedness; for when they write they do write wickedness,
Isaiah 59:4None speaks justly, neither is there true judgment: they trust in vanities, and speak empty words; for they conceive trouble, and bring forth iniquity.
Ezekiel 22:12In thee they have received gifts to shed blood; they have received in thee interest and usurious increase; and by oppression thou hast brought thy wickedness to the full, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord.
Micah 3:1And he shall say, Hear now these words, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye remnant of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know judgment?
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 →