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Psalms 58:2 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. "
Psalms 58:2
Verse in Context
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[[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.]] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
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Psalms 58:1
"[[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.]] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?"
Psalms 58:3
"The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies."
Psalms 58:4
"Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;"
Psalms 58:5
"Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely."
Psalms 58:6
"Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD."
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