Psalms 58:1 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 58:1

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

KJV

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ASV

Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

WEB

Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

YLT

To the Overseer. --`Destroy not.' --A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

DBT

Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Psalms 57:1
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.
Isaiah 11:3–5
And 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:
Psalms 72:1–4
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
Deuteronomy 16:18–19
Judges 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.
Psalms 82:1–2
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

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): " Do you indeed speak righteousness, or judge uprightly? No; you are far from it; your own consciences cannot but tell you that you do not discharge the trust reposed in you as magistrates, by which you are bound to be a terror to evil-doers and a praise to those that do well. Is this the justice you pretend to administer?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He imprecates and foretels their ruin, and the judgments which the righteous God would bring upon them for their injustice (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

O congregation--literally, "Oh, dumb"; the word used is never translated "congregation." "Are ye dumb? ye should speak righteousness," may be the translation.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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