Psalms 58:1--59:17
[(Title.) {Al-taschith.} or, Destroy not. A golden Psalm.]
really ....... judge <0552 08199> [Do.]
rulers <0482> [O congregation.]
people <01121> [O ye.]
plan <03820> [in heart.]
deal <06424> [weigh.]
turn aside <02114> [estranged, etc.]
born <0990> [as soon, etc. Heb. from the belly.]
venom <02534> [poison.]
like ........ deaf <01823 02795> [like. Heb. according to the likeness of. serpent.]
deaf <02795> [the deaf.]
[adder or asp.]
{Pethen,} is no doubt the {boeten} of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe,] deaf.
respond <08085> [Which.]
That serpents might be charmed or rendered harmless was well known to the ancients. Virgil, and many others state the fact:--{Frigidus in pratis cantando, rumpitur anguis.} "In the meadows the cold snake is burst by incantation."
skilled snake-charmer <02266 02449> [charming never so wisely. or, be the charmer never so cunning.]
break ... teeth <02040 08127> [Break their.]
lions <03715> [young.]
[a snail.--]
{Shabbelool,} in Chaldee {tivlala,} the snail, is probably so called from the Arabic {balla,} to wet, moisten, because of the glutinous slime emitted from its body, by which it appears to waste itself away in its own motion; and in the same manner the wicked prove their own destruction.
moves <01980> [pass.]
stillborn <05309> [untimely.]
kindling <0329> [thorns.]
sweep it away <08175> [as.]
raw <02416> [both living, etc. Heb. as living as wrath.]
godly <06662> [righteous.]
bathe <07364> [wash.]
rewarded <06529> [Verily there is.]
godly ... rewarded <06529 06662> [a reward for. Heb. fruit of the, etc.]
is <03426> [verily he.]
[A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) {Al-tas-chith.} or, destroy not. A golden Psalm.]
prayer <04387> [Michtam.]
The seven poems of the celebrated Arabian poets who flourished before the time of Mohammed, called {MoÆ’llakat,} from being suspended on the walls of the temple of Mecca, were also called {Modhabat,} "golden," because they were written in letters of gold on the papyrus; and probably this is another reason why the six poems of David were called golden.
Saul <07586> [when.]
Deliver <05337> [Deliver.]
Protect ...... attack <07682 06965> [defend me. Heb. set me on high.]
Rescue <03467> [save.]
ambush <0693> [they.]
powerful men <05794> [the mighty.]
rebelled <06588> [not.]
<07323> [run.]
action <05782> [awake.]
help ... Take notice <07125 07200> [help me. Heb. meet me.]
God ...... God <0430> [the God.]
punish <06485> [visit.]
nations <01471> [the heathen.]
mercy <02603> [be not.]
hurl insults <05042> [belch.]
me <02719> [swords.]
hears <08085> [who.]
Lord ........... nations <03068 01471> [Thou.]
nations <01471> [heathen.]
strength <05797> [his strength.]
Instead of {–zzo,} "his strength," fourteen MSS., read {–zzee,} "my strength." "O my strength, I will wait upon thee."
God <0430> [God.]
refuge <04869> [defence. Heb. high place.]
God ........ God <0430> [The God.]
me .... me .... enable <06923> [prevent.]
<07200> [let.]
triumph <08324> [enemies. Heb. observers.]
strike <02026> [Slay.]
homeless vagabonds <05128> [scatter.]
bring ... down <03381> [bring.]
shields <04043> [our shield.]
sinful <02403> [For the.]
trapped <03920> [taken.]
curses <0423> [cursing.]
wipe .... Wipe ........ them <03615> [Consume.]
know <03045> [and let.]
evening <06153> [at evening.]
wander <05128> [wander.]
eat <0398> [for meat. Heb. to eat.]
refuse to sleep <03885> [grudge, etc. or, if they be not satisfied, then they will stay all night. if.]
sing <07891> [But.]
praise <07442> [sing aloud.]
morning <01242> [morning.]
refuge <04869> [for thou.]
when <03117> [day.]
strength <05797> [O my.]
God ...... God <0430> [for.]
