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Psalm 58

Psa. 58:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, νAl-taschith
'Al (Hebrew #516)
Thou must not destroy; probably the opening words to a popular song
KJV usage: Al-taschith.
Pronounce: tashcheth
Origin: from 408 and 7843
, Michtam
miktam (Hebrew #4387)
an engraving, i.e. (techn.) a poem
KJV usage: Michtam.
Pronounce: mik-tawm'
Origin: from 3799
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> Do ye indeed
'umnam (Hebrew #552)
an orthographical variation of 551
KJV usage: in (very) deed; of a surety.
Pronounce: oom-nawm'
speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
, O congregation
'elem (Hebrew #482)
silence (i.e. mute justice)
KJV usage: congregation. Compare 3128.
Pronounce: ay'-lem
Origin: from 481
? do ye judge
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
uprightly
meyshar (Hebrew #4339)
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
KJV usage: agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: may-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
, O ye sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of men
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
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or, Destroy not, A golden Psalm of David.

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Al-taschith,
Congregation,
David,
Michtam,
Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
Righteousness

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  David reproves wicked judges;
3-5:  describes the nature of the wicked;
6-9:  devotes them to God's judgments;
10-11:  whereat the righteous shall rejoice.
(Title.)
{Al-taschith.}
or, Destroy not.
A golden Psalm.
Psa. 57:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.>> Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. (Psa. 57:1)
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Psa. 59:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.>> Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. (Psa. 59:1)
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Psa. 59•  (Psa. 59)
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Do.
Psa. 72:1‑4• 1<<A Psalm for Solomon.>> Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
 2He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
 3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
 4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. (Psa. 72:1‑4)
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Deut. 16:18‑19• 18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
 19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. (Deut. 16:18‑19)
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2 Sam. 23:3• 3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. (2 Sam. 23:3)
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2 Chron. 19:6‑7• 6And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.
 7Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. (2 Chron. 19:6‑7)
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Isa. 11:3‑5• 3And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
 4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
 5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. (Isa. 11:3‑5)
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Isa. 32:1• 1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. (Isa. 32:1)
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Jer. 23:5‑6• 5Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
 6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jer. 23:5‑6)
O congregation.
Psa. 82:1‑2• 1<<A Psalm of Asaph.>> God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
 2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. (Psa. 82:1‑2)
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Num. 11:16• 16And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. (Num. 11:16)
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Deut. 1:15‑16• 15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
 16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. (Deut. 1:15‑16)
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2 Sam. 5:3• 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel. (2 Sam. 5:3)
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Matt. 26:3• 3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, (Matt. 26:3)
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Matt. 27:1• 1When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: (Matt. 27:1)
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Luke 23:50‑51• 50And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
 51(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. (Luke 23:50‑51)
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Acts 5:21• 21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. (Acts 5:21)
O ye.
Psa. 82:6‑7• 6I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
 7But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. (Psa. 82:6‑7)
• Book 2, Series 2. The Great Tribulation. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• The force of the psalm is this: the wicked as such are hopeless as to amendment, but God will judge them; so that men will see that there is a reward for the righteous and a God that judgeth the earth. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 55-58” by J.N. Darby)
• (vv. 1-5) The first portion of the psalm describes the condition of the world immediately preceding the judgment of the living nations. (“Psalms 58” by H. Smith)
• This psalm describes the condition of things in the land of Israel just prior to the Lord’s coming (the appearing of Christ) to deliver the godly remnant. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)
• The government in the land under Antichrist, the willful king (Dan. 11:36-39), is seen as wholly corrupted. The judges (government officials, etc.) work wickedness and violence. All righteousness is gone (vs. 1-5). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. ’Destroy not.’ Of David. Michtamf. Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak itp? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

JND Translation Notes

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See Ps. 16.
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Some would read "Do ye mighty ones indeed speak righteousness?"