1,2 David reproves wicked judges 3-5 describes the nature of the wicked 6-9 devotes them to God's judgments 10-11 whereat the righteous shall rejoice

(Title.) Al-taschith. or, Destroy not, A golden Psalm Ps 57:1 59:1

Do Ps 72:1-4 De 16:18,19 2Sa 23:3 2Ch 19:6,7 Isa 11:3-5 32:1 Jer 23:5,6

O congregation Ps 82:1,2 Nu 11:16 De 1:15,16 2Sa 5:3 Mt 26:3 27:1 Lu 23:50,51 Ac 5:21

O ye Ps 82:6,7

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

in heart Ps 21:11 Ec 3:16 Isa 59:4-6 Jer 22:16,17 Eze 22:12,27 Mic 3:1-3,9-12 Joh 11:47-53

weigh Ps 94:20 Isa 10:1 26:7

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

estranged Ps 51:5 Job 15:14 Pr 22:15 Isa 48:8 Eph 2:3

as soon [heb.] from the belly Ps 22:10 Isa 46:3

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

poison Ps 140:3 Ec 10:11 Ro 3:13 Jas 3:8

like [heb.] according to the likeness of a serpent. Mt 3:7 23:33

the deaf Jer 8:17

adder or asp.-- Pethenm is no doubt the baeten 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 [], deaf. Job 20:14,16 Isa 11:8

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

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.'

charming never so wisely. or, be the charmer never so cunning De 18:11 Isa 19:3

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Break their Ps 3:7 10:15 Job 4:10,11 29:17 Eze 30:21

young Ps 17:12 91:13 Nu 23:24 Isa 31:4 Ho 5:14 Mic 5:8

7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Ps 22:14 64:7,8 112:10 Ex 15:15 Jos 2:9-11 7:5 2Sa 17:10 Isa 13:7

8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

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

pass Ps 37:35,36 Mt 24:35 Jas 1:10

untimely Job 3:16 Ec 6:3

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

thorns Ps 118:12 Ec 7:6

as Ps 10:15 55:23 73:18-20 Job 18:18 20:5 Pr 1:27 10:25 14:32 Isa 17:13 Isa 40:24 Jer 23:19

both living [heb.] as living as wrath Nu 16:30

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

righteous Ps 52:6 64:10 68:1-3 107:42 Jud 5:31 Pr 11:10 Re 11:17,18 18:20 19:1-6

wash Ps 68:23 Job 29:6 Re 14:20

11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Verily there is Ps 73:13-15 92:15 Mal 3:14 Ro 2:5

a reward for [heb.] fruit of the Isa 3:10 Ro 6:21,22

verily he Ps 9:16 64:9 67:4 33:18 96:13 98:9 Mal 2:17 2Pe 3:4-10