Psalms 58:5

As a result, like a snake that does not respond when a charmer plays a flute or when someone sings magic songs, they do not pay attention when others rebuke them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

In Context

4God, show in the heavens how great you are! And show your glory to people all over the earth! What wicked people say injures people like the venom of a snake [MET]; They refuse to listen to good advice, as though they were cobras that were deaf [MET]!

6God, as for these enemies who want to attack me like young lions, break their teeth!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:33the wine from those grapes is like the poison of snakes [DOU].

Isaiah 19:3The people of Egypt will become very discouraged, and I will cause their plans not to be successful. They will plead with idols and sorcerers and those who talk with spirits of dead people to tell them what they should do.

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 →

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