Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 58:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. {charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning}”
Psalms 58:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. {as soon...: Heb. from the belly}
Their poison {is} like the poison of a serpent: {they are} like the deaf adder {that} stoppeth her ear; {like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc} {adder: or, asp}
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. {charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning}
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Let them melt away as waters {which} run continually: {when} he bendeth {his bow to shoot} his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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