詩篇 58:2

2 不 然 ! 你 們 是 心 中 作 惡 ; 你 們 在 地 上 秤 出 你 們 手 所 行 的 強 暴 。

詩篇 58:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 58:2

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness
So far were they from speaking righteousness, and judging uprightly. The heart of man is wickedness itself; it is desperately wicked, and is the shop in which all wickedness is wrought; for sinful acts are committed there as well as by the tongue and hand, as follows. This phrase also denotes their sinning; not with precipitancy, and through surprise; but with premeditation and deliberation; and their doing it heartily, with good will, and with allowance, and their continuance and constant persisting in it;

ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth;
they were guilty of acts of violence and oppression, which, of all men, judges should not be guilty of; whose business it is to plead the cause of the injured and oppressed, to right their wrongs, and to protect and defend them: these they pretended to weigh in the balance of justice and equity, and committed them under a show of righteousness; they decreed unrighteous decrees, and framed mischief by a law; and this they did openly, and everywhere, throughout the whole land.

詩篇 58:2 In-Context

1 ( 大 衛 的 金 詩 , 交 與 伶 長 。 調 用 休 要 毀 壞 。 ) 世 人 哪 , 你 們 默 然 不 語 , 真 合 公 義 麼 ? 施 行 審 判 , 豈 按 正 直 麼 ?
2 不 然 ! 你 們 是 心 中 作 惡 ; 你 們 在 地 上 秤 出 你 們 手 所 行 的 強 暴 。
3 惡 人 一 出 母 胎 就 與   神 疏 遠 , 一 離 母 腹 便 走 錯 路 , 說 謊 話 。
4 他 們 的 毒 氣 好 像 蛇 的 毒 氣 ; 他 們 好 像 塞 耳 的 聾 虺 ,
5 不 聽 行 法 術 的 聲 音 , 雖 用 極 靈 的 咒 語 也 是 不 聽 。
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