Psalms 58:5
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
In Context
4Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
6O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:33The poison of dragons [is] their wine And the fierce venom of asps.
Isaiah 19:3And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.
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 →