Psalm 58:2

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Summary

Psalm 58:2

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

In heart

John 11:47

Weigh

Psalm 94:20

Isaiah 10:1

Isaiah 26:7

General references

Bible References

In heart

For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.

Then, again, I saw under the sun, the place of justice, that there was lawlessness, and, the place of righteousness, that there was lawlessness.

None, sueth in righteousness, and None, pleadeth in faithfulness, - Men are trusting in confusion, And speaking vanity, Conceiving wickedness And bringing forth iniquity:

Did he not plead the cause of the oppressed and the needy, And, then, it was well? Was not, that, to know, me? Demandeth Yahweh.

Bribes, have they accepted in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,-Interest and increase, hast thou accepted And thou hast overreached thy neighbour by oppression, And me, hast thou forgotten, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.

Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - Is it not yours to know justice?

The High-priests and Pharisees, therefore, brought together a high-council, and were saying - What are we to do, in that, this man, doeth, many signs?

Weigh

Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?

Alas! for them who ordain iniquitous decree, - And, busy writers, who make a business of writing mischief:

The path of a righteous man, is, even, - O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level.

General references

When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless.

Open thy mouth - judge righteously, - and administer justice for the poor and the needy.

Then, again, I saw under the sun, the place of justice, that there was lawlessness, and, the place of righteousness, that there was lawlessness.

Be not judging according to appearance, but, just judgment, be judging,