{"id":1038,"date":"2012-05-02T05:18:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T12:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:34:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:34:08","slug":"psalm-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/05\/02\/psalm-58\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 58"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%2058&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Psalm 58<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The term in the superscription, &#8220;Altaschith,&#8221; means &#8220;Do not destroy.&#8221; It occurs in Psalms 57-59 and 75 (see our study of Psalm <a title=\"Psalm 57\" href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/05\/13\/psalm-57\/\">57<\/a>, <a title=\"Psalm 58\" href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/05\/02\/psalm-58\/ \">58<\/a>, <span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/02\/11\/psalm-59\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">59<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/14\/psalm-75\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">75<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">). Although the meaning is not clear, some have conjectured that it was a tune of a popular song. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah%2065.8&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Isaiah 65.8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">\u00a0seems to reference it. It is of interest that David uses this term when he is confronted\u00a0with the possibility of killing King Saul in 1 Samuel 26.9 (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/02\/18\/1-samuel-26\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">see our study of 1 Samuel 26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">). However, the setting of the psalm is best placed in the time of Absalom\u2019s rebellion (2 Samuel 15-18), hence the placement in our studies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This psalm expresses in detail what Jesus prayed in <span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%206.9-13&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 6.9-13<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">. Early Christian tradition has the psalm describing the treatment the Sanhedrin gave Jesus (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2026.57-68&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 26.57-68<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">). The division of the psalm presents three parts:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Verses 1-5-The Indictment of the Wicked Judges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These verses present the truth of Romans 1-3, wherein Paul reminds us that none are righteous, all have fallen short, and we are born wicked. David describes these judges as either judging in place of God or acting as if they were gods (1). Verse one can also be translated &#8220;speaking righteousness in silence.&#8221; This would mean they know what to do but refuse to speak up for the truth. This reminds me of Phil Keaggy\u2019s song &#8220;<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A-vXAHprxtI\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Little Ones<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Verses 6-9-Imprecatory Prayer upon the Wicked Judges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David\u2019s prayer is quite graphic, presenting various metaphors for God\u2019s judgment upon the ones who do evil. Judges are to represent God in terms of justice and righteousness. In this circumstance, and in the United States today, we find them far from the truth. The point that needs to be\u00a0made in both periods of history is that the ones who perpetrate the evil are unaware that it is evil. They are doing what &#8220;seems right in their own eyes&#8221; and is accepted among those who are present. The book of Judges presents this truth. David prays for God to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>break the teeth in their mouths;<\/li>\n<li>tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!<\/li>\n<li>let them vanish like water that runs away;<\/li>\n<li>like grass let them be trodden down and wither.<\/li>\n<li>let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime;<\/li>\n<li>like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.<\/li>\n<li>sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are graphic, swift, and complete. He is asking God to annihilate their presence and memory from the face of the earth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Verses 10-11-The Righteous Vindicated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whether in this life or the judgment to come (<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2%20Corinthians%205.10&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">2 Corinthians 5.10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">), we will all receive righteous judgment (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Corinthians%203.11-15&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">1 Corinthians 3.11-15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">). For those who know Christ as Savior, that judgment has been paid\u00a0through His death. For those who do not know Christ as Savior, that judgment will be paid eternally by them. Who will pay your penalty?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>How angry do you get over sin in the world? Your sin? Are you praying for God to bring justice to those in the world acting like God but working evil (remember, this will include you)?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Media<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A-vXAHprxtI\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Little Ones<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">\u00a0by Phil Keaggy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How angry do you get over sin in the world? Your sin? 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