Psalms 58:5
and refuses to listen to the voice of the charmer, or binder of spells, no matter how cunning.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
In Context
4Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,
6O God, break to pieces the teeth in their mouth, tear out the great teeth of the young lions, Lord.
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 →