Chapter 58
David
2021-An unusual intro to this one. It says "according to Do Not Destroy". What in the world could that mean?
1st, David questions the gods who think they have power on earth. Per MSB this refers to leaders who don't speak up when they should.
2021 - It is a question that surely could be asked today in the US.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies. [Psa 58:3 ESV] This seems to say that some are born for hell. Some go wrong at birth and never turn back. Psychopaths? Sociopaths? Mass murderers? Is this verse about them?
2nd, All are born wicked. Without salvation, none can please God.
2021 - Also seems to be saying that the truly wicked are the way they are from the beginning. They are born wicked, born to be wicked.
3rd, David prays that God sweep away these wicked people - who did not change to God's ways - as if they are nothing. Trifles only.
2021 - Another non-defensive prayer. NDP
6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD! 7 Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted. 8 Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun. [Psa 58:6-8 ESV]
4th, When the righteous sees what God has done in sweeping away the wicked, he will rejoice, that if there is punishment for the wicked, there is reward for the righteous.
And this one to finish the chapter:
11 Mankind will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth." [Psa 58:11 ESV] The word is the basis for morality. It is the foundation of all that is good and right. This anti-evolutionary way of living had to come from somewhere. It is planted within us, not learned. God is the source. It comes from Him alone. Inasmuch as it exists in us, it is because we are created in His image. He imparted some of that to us at creation, and it continues at conception. But it cannot be explained or understood in a godless context. Never.