Psalms 58:2
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
In Context
1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
Micah 3:1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
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 →