Psalms 58:4
For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; 1 Violent men have set upon me: 1 Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. 1
Updated 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, 1 And save me from bloody men. 1
5Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: 1 Awake to help me, and behold. 1
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore 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 anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.
Job 20:14Yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; 1 The gall of an asp is in his belly. 1
Psalms 51:7Therefore may God destroy thee forever, 1 May he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, 1 And thy root from the land of the living. Pause. 1
Ecclesiastes 10:11If a serpent bite when there is no charmer’s whisper, 1 Then there is no advantage to the charmer. 1
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 →