Psalms 58:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 58:2

1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?
Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

2 No, in heart you work wickedness;
You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

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.

Verse Comparison: Psalms 58:2

American Standard Version
Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Amplified® Bible
No, in your heart you devise wickedness; you deal out in the land the violence of your hands.

Contemporary English Version
You are always planning evil, and you are brutal.

Darby English Version
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Good News Bible
No! You think only of the evil you can do, and commit crimes of violence in the land.

King James Version
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

New American Standard Bible
No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.

New International Version
No, in your heart you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

New King James Version
No, in heart you work wickedness;
You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.

Revised Standard Version
Nay, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.

Young's Literal Translation
Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

New English Translation
No!¹ You plan how to do what is unjust;² you deal out violence in the earth.³