Psalm 58

Psalms · Chapter 58

Psalms 58:4

1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

In context

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
venomחֲמַת־cha-mat-H2534
rage

חֱמָא (che.ma) anger, rage Aramaic of che.mah (חֵמָה "rage" H2534)

[is] like [the] likeness ofכִּדְמ֥וּתkid-MUTH1823
likeness

דְּמוּת (de.mut) 1) likeness, similitude adv 2) in the likeness of, like as

[the] venom ofחֲמַת־cha-mat-H2534
rage

חֱמָא (che.ma) anger, rage Aramaic of che.mah (חֵמָה "rage" H2534)

a snakeנָחָ֑שׁna-CHASHH5175
serpent

נָחָשׁ (na.chash) 1) serpent, snake 1a) serpent 1b) image (of serpent) 1c) fleeing serpent (mythological)

likeכְּמוֹ־ke-mov-H3644G
like

כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) adv 1) like, as, the like of which conj 2) when, according as, as it were

a cobraפֶ֥תֶןFE-tenH6620
cobra

פֶּ֫תֶן (pe.ten) 1) a snake, venomous serpent 1a) perhaps the cobra, adder, or viper

deafחֵ֝רֵ֗שׁche-RESHH2795
deaf

חֵרֵשׁ (che.resh) deaf

[which] it shutsיַאְטֵ֥םya'-TEMH0331
to shutter

אָטַם (a.tam) 1) to shut, shut up, close 1a) (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips) 1b) (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)

ear itsאָזְנֽוֹ׃'a-ze-NOH0241G
ear

אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) : ear 1) ear, as part of the body 2) ear, as organ of hearing 3) (subjective) to uncover the ear to reveal; the receiver of divine revelation

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.