Psalms 58:5

Psalms 58:5

3 ^aThe wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

4 ^aTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

5 Which will not ^aheed the voice of charmers,
Charming ever so skillfully.

6 ^aBreak¹ their teeth in their mouth, O God!
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!

7 ^aLet them flow away as waters which run continually;
When he bends his bow,
Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Not hearken - As they commonly say of the adders, such really are these men: deaf to all my counsels, to their own consciences, and to God's law. Of the charming or enchanting of serpents, mention is made both in other places of scripture, and in all sorts of authors, ancient and modern, Hebrew and Arabick, and Greek and Latin. And particularly the Arabick writers (to whom these creatures were best known) name some sorts of serpents, among which the adder is one, which they call deaf, not because they are dull of hearing, but, as one of them expressly faith, because they will not be charmed.

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