Psalms 58:2
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
King James Version
In Context
1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Isaiah 59:4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Ezekiel 22:12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Micah 3:1And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
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 →