Psalms 58:4
For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.
Brenton Septuagint
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
3Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
5Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: awake to help me, and behold.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I have done.
Job 20:14yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.
Psalms 51:7Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.
Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you
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 →