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Psalms 58:3

Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The wicked are estranged from the womb,.... Which original corruption of nature accounts for all the wickedness done by men: they are conceived in sin, shapen in iniquity, and are transgressors from…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The wicked are estranged from the womb - The allusion here undoubtedly is to the persons principally referred to in the psalm - the enemies of David. But their conduct toward him suggests a more…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 58:1-5

We have reason to think that this psalm refers to the malice of Saul and his janizaries against David, because it bears the same inscription (Al-taschith, and Michtam of David) with that which goes…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Psalms 58:3-5

A description of the class to which these wicked judges belong; the deliberately wicked, who are deaf to remonstrance and incapable of reformation.