Psalms 58:1
Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
In Context
2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
Cross References
Numbers 11:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
Psalms 72:1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
Psalms 82:6I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
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 →