Psalms 58:2
Nay, in your hearts ye contrive iniquity; Your hands weigh out violence in the land!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
In Context
3The wicked are estranged, from their very birth; The liars go astray as soon as they are born.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they spread a net of mischief against thee; They devised plots against thee, but they did not prevail.
Psalms 94:20Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
Isaiah 10:1Woe to them that make unrighteous decrees, That write oppressive decisions,
Isaiah 59:4No one bringeth his suit with justice, And no one pleadeth with truth; They trust in vain words, and speak lies; They conceive mischief, and bring forth destruction.
Ezekiel 22:12In thee do they take a reward to shed blood. Thou takest usury and increase, and thou hast enriched thyself from thy neighbor by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Micah 3:1I also said: Hear, O ye heads of Jacob, And ye leaders of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to administer 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 →