Psalm 58:2
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
שָׁקַל
shâqal
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
חָמָס
châmâç
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
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