Psalms 58
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do 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.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- כְּמוֹkᵉmôwH36446× in this chapter
a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1202× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- חָזָהchâzâhH23722× in this chapter
to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision of
- חֵמָהchêmâhH25342× in this chapter
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
- אַךְʼakH3892× in this chapter
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4302× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- אַל תַּשְׁחֵתʼAl tashchêthH5162× in this chapter
'Thou must not destroy'; probably the opening words to a popular song
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqH66622× in this chapter
just
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻH75632× in this chapter
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁפַטshâphaṭH81992× in this chapter
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)
- בַּלbalH10771× in this chapter
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
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 father or brother), etc.)
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דָּםdâmH18181× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- דְּמוּתdᵉmûwthH18231× in this chapter
resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
- דָּרַךְdârakH18691× in this chapter
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
- הָרַסhâraçH20401× in this chapter
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
- זוּרzûwrH21141× in this chapter
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
- חָבַרchâbarH22661× in this chapter
to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
- חֶבֶרcheberH22671× in this chapter
a society; also a spell
- אֹזֶןʼôzenH2411× in this chapter
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חָכַםchâkamH24491× in this chapter
to be wise (in mind, word or act)
- חָמָסchâmâçH25551× in this chapter
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
- חֵץchêtsH26711× in this chapter
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
- חָרוֹןchârôwnH27401× in this chapter
a burning of anger
- חֵרֵשׁchêrêshH27951× in this chapter
deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
- טֶרֶםṭeremH29621× in this chapter
properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
- יָדyâdH30271× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30681× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אָטָדʼâṭâdH3291× in this chapter
a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn)
- אָטַםʼâṭamH3311× in this chapter
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
- יֵשׁyêshH34261× in this chapter
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
- כָּזָבkâzâbH35771× in this chapter
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
- כִּיkîyH35881× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כְּפִירkᵉphîyrH37151× in this chapter
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
- לֹאlôʼH38081× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles