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You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/58.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/58.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/58.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/58.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/58.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, in heart you practice injustice; On earth you clear a way for the violence of your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/58.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/58.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/58.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you prepare a path for the violence of your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/58.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing; On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/58.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/58.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/58.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/58.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are always planning evil, and you are brutal. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/58.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/58.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />No, you invent new crimes on earth, and your hands spread violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/58.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />No! You think only of the evil you can do, and commit crimes of violence in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/58.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/58.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/58.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/58.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/58.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/58.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/58.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Even in heart you work iniquities, "" In the land you ponder the violence of your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/58.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/58.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also in heart ye will work evil; in the earth ye will roll the violence of your hands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/58.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/58.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 57:3>For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/58.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />No, you freely engage in crime; your hands dispense violence to the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/58.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/58.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold you all speak evil on earth, and your hands are soiled with injustice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/58.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, you all speak evil in the Earth, and your hands are defiled with evil.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/58.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/58.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For ye work iniquities in <i>your</i> hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/58-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=6823" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/58.htm">God Judges the Earth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/637.htm" title="637: ’ap̄- (Conj) -- Also, yea. A primitive particle; meaning accession; also or yea; adversatively though.">No,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: bə·lêḇ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">in your hearts</a> <a href="/hebrew/6466.htm" title="6466: tip̄·‘ā·lūn (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- Do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, especially to practise.">you devise</a> <a href="/hebrew/5766.htm" title="5766: ‘ō·w·lōṯ (N-fp) -- Injustice, unrighteousness. Or lavel; and lavlah; or owlah; or.olah; from aval; evil.">injustice;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê·ḵem (N-fdc:: 2mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">with your hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/6424.htm" title="6424: tə·p̄al·lê·sūn (V-Piel-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- To weigh, make level. A primitive root; properly, to roll flat, i.e. Prepare; also to revolve, i.e. Weigh.">you mete out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555: ḥă·mas (N-msc) -- Violence, wrong. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain.">violence</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">on the earth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm">Isaiah 59:4</a></span><br />No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-9.htm">Micah 3:9</a></span><br />Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Jeremiah 5:28</a></span><br />They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Ezekiel 22:27</a></span><br />Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/17-23.htm">Proverbs 17:23</a></span><br />A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a></span><br />Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-7.htm">Amos 5:7</a></span><br />There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm">Habakkuk 1:4</a></span><br />Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Jeremiah 22:3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-9.htm">Zechariah 7:9-10</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. / Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a></span><br />Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-1.htm">Romans 2:1-3</a></span><br />You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. / And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. / So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-6.htm">James 2:6</a></span><br />But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-1.htm">Matthew 7:1-5</a></span><br />“Do not judge, or you will be judged. / For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. / Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.</p><p class="hdg">in heart</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-11.htm">Psalm 21:11</a></b></br> For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, <i>which</i> they are not able <i>to perform</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-16.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:16</a></b></br> And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, <i>that</i> wickedness <i>was</i> there; and the place of righteousness, <i>that</i> iniquity <i>was</i> there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm">Isaiah 59:4-6</a></b></br> None calleth for justice, nor <i>any</i> pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity… </p><p class="hdg">weigh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/94-20.htm">Psalm 94:20</a></b></br> Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1</a></b></br> Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness <i>which</i> they have prescribed;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-7.htm">Isaiah 26:7</a></b></br> The way of the just <i>is</i> uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/55-23.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/psalms/25-3.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/psalms/41-7.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/psalms/33-15.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/psalms/57-11.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/56-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/51-8.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/55-20.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/psalms/57-7.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/49-6.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/psalms/51-9.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/psalms/53-1.htm">Injustice</a> <a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/exodus/16-18.htm">Mete</a> <a href="/psalms/38-12.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/luke/12-11.htm">Ponder</a> <a href="/psalms/33-11.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/psalms/37-1.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/55-9.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Weigh</a> <a href="/psalms/56-7.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/psalms/55-11.htm">Work</a> <a href="/job/24-21.htm">Wrongs</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/69-26.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/psalms/62-3.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/psalms/66-5.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/psalms/58-11.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/59-2.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/65-4.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/63-4.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/psalms/61-2.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/62-8.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/psalms/64-6.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/psalms/64-6.htm">Injustice</a> <a href="/psalms/60-6.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/psalms/60-6.htm">Mete</a> <a href="/psalms/59-5.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/psalms/64-9.htm">Ponder</a> <a href="/psalms/81-12.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/psalms/92-15.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/72-14.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-7.htm">Weigh</a> <a href="/psalms/66-18.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/psalms/59-2.htm">Work</a> <a href="/psalms/69-5.htm">Wrongs</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 58</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/58-1.htm">David reproves wicked judges</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/58-3.htm">describes the nature of the wicked</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/58-6.htm">devotes them to God's judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/58-10.htm">whereat the righteous shall rejoice</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The heart, in biblical terms, often represents the center of human will and emotion (<a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a>). The accusation of devising injustice suggests a deliberate and premeditated plan to act unrighteously, contrasting with God's call for justice and righteousness (<a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>). This reflects the broader biblical theme of the heart's condition being crucial to one's relationship with God (<a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a>). The psalmist's rebuke here aligns with the prophetic tradition of condemning leaders and judges who pervert justice (<a href="/isaiah/10.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a>).<p><b>with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.</b><br>The hands symbolize action and the execution of one's plans. The phrase "mete out violence" indicates the tangible manifestation of the injustice conceived in the heart. This reflects the biblical principle that evil thoughts lead to evil actions (<a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a>). The mention of "on the earth" emphasizes the widespread impact of such violence, affecting the community and creation itself. This echoes the biblical narrative of the earth suffering due to human sin (<a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11-12</a>). The psalmist's lament here can be seen as a call for divine justice, anticipating the ultimate judgment and restoration promised in scripture (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of this Psalm, David often wrote about justice and the wickedness he observed in the world.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked_judges/rulers.htm">The Wicked Judges/Rulers</a></b><br>The Psalm addresses corrupt leaders who pervert justice and use their power to commit acts of violence.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>Represents the realm where these injustices and acts of violence are carried out, affecting the lives of many.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart's_role_in_justice.htm">The Heart's Role in Justice</a></b><br>The verse highlights that injustice begins in the heart. Believers are called to examine their own hearts and ensure they align with God's standards of justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_injustice.htm">The Consequences of Injustice</a></b><br>Injustice leads to violence and chaos on earth. Christians are encouraged to be agents of peace and justice in their communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_view_on_leadership.htm">God's View on Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders are held to a high standard of justice. Those in positions of authority should lead with integrity and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a></b><br>While the Psalm addresses leaders, it also serves as a reminder that all individuals have a role in promoting justice and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_for_justice.htm">Prayer for Justice</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to pray for justice in their communities and for leaders to act righteously.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_58.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 58</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_miracle_examples.htm">What does the Bible teach about hate?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_58_6_invoke_violence.htm">Why does David, in Psalm 58, invoke violent divine judgment (verse 6) when other passages emphasize mercy? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/isaiah_58_3_-_why_does_god_ignore_fasting.htm">Isaiah 58:3 - How can the text claim that God observes fasting yet offers no response, contradicting the idea of a loving deity who always hears sincere prayer?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_righteous_still_suffer.htm">If the psalm pronounces that the righteous will be vindicated (verse 11), why do many faithful people still suffer injustice without apparent divine intervention?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/58.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">In heart . . .</span> <span class= "bld">in</span> <span class= "bld">the earth </span>(or, better, <span class= "ital">in the land</span>).--These in the text are in antithesis. The mischief conceived in the heart is weighed out, instead of justice, by these unjust magistrates. The balance of justice is thus turned into a means of wrong-doing. But, perhaps, we should rather arrange as follows:<p>Nay! with your heart ye work wickedness in the land,<p>With your hands you weigh out violence.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/58.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Yea, in heart ye work wickedness;</span> literally, <span class="accented">wickednesses</span>, or <span class="accented">iniquities.</span> These ye first devise in your heart, and then (see the next clause) carry out with your hands. <span class="cmt_word">Ye weigh</span> (or, <span class="accented">weigh out</span>) the <span class="cmt_word">violence of your hands in the earth.</span> Instead of carefully meting out justice to men, after accurately weighing it in the balance of right and equity, you weigh out to them mere wrong and "violence." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/58-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">No,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַף־</span> <span class="translit">(’ap̄-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_637.htm">Strong's 637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your hearts</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּלֵב֮</span> <span class="translit">(bə·lêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you devise</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּן</span> <span class="translit">(tip̄·‘ā·lūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6466.htm">Strong's 6466: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make, to practise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">injustice;</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלֹ֪ת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5766.htm">Strong's 5766: </a> </span><span class="str2">Injustice, unrighteousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with your hands</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you mete out</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·p̄al·lê·sūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6424.htm">Strong's 6424: </a> </span><span class="str2">To roll flat, prepare, to revolve, weigh</span><br /><br /><span class="word">violence</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲמַ֥ס</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·mas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2555.htm">Strong's 2555: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the earth.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָ֡רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/58-2.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 58:2 No in your heart you plot injustice (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/58-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 58:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 58:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/58-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 58:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 58:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>