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Selected Verse: Psalms 58:10 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 58:10 |
Strong Concordance |
The righteous [06662] shall rejoice [08055] when he seeth [02372] the vengeance [05359]: he shall wash [07364] his feet [06471] in the blood [01818] of the wicked [07563]. |
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King James |
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
wash . . . wicked--denoting great slaughter. The joy of triumph over the destruction of the wicked is because they are God's enemies, and their overthrow shows that He reigneth (compare Psa 52:5-7; Psa 54:7). In this assurance let heaven and earth rejoice (Psa 96:10; Psa 97:1, &c.). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance - When he sees the just punishment inflicted on the wicked. He will approve of it; he will see that it is right; he will be glad that law is maintained, and that wickedness does not triumph; he will rejoice in the safety of those who do right, and in their deliverance from the assaults and the designs of the wicked. People everywhere approve of the just administration of law, even though it consigns the transgressors to prison or to death; and it is a matter of gratification to all who love law and order when a righteous government is maintained; when wickedness is checked; when justice is administered in a community. This is the end of government and of law; this is what all magistrates are appointed to secure; this is what all good citizens are aiming to accomplish. There is no evidence that the psalmist had any vindictive or revengeful feeling when he uttered the sentiment in this verse. See the notes at Psa 52:6. Compare Psa 37:34; Psa 40:3.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked - Compare Psa 68:23. The image here is taken from a battlefield, where the victor treads in the blood of the slain. It is strong language denoting the entire overthrow of the wicked. There can be no doubt, however, that the allusion is to the "feelings" of satisfaction and triumph with which a victor walks over such a field; the exultation which he has that his foes are subdued, and that he has triumphed. The "idea" is that the righteous will have emotions, when the wicked are subdued and punished, which in some respects "resemble" the feelings of the victor who walks over a field covered with the blood of the slain. Still it is not "necessary" to suppose that these are, in either case, vindictive feelings; or that either the victor or the righteous have pleasure in the shedding of blood, or in the sufferings of others; or that they would not have preferred that the discomfited and slain should "not" have been wicked, and should "not" have been made to suffer in this manner. All that is "essentially" implied in this is, that there is a feeling of satisfaction and approval when law is vindicated, and when the triumph of wickedness is prevented. It would be difficult to show that the feelings expressed by the psalmist are "less" proper than those which an officer of justice "may" have, and "ought" to have, and "does" have, when he has faithfully discharged his duty, and has secured the arrest and punishment of the violators of law; or that the psalmist has expressed anything more than every man must feel who sees "just" punishment inflicted on the guilty. Assuredly it is a matter of rejoicing that wickedness does "not" triumph; it is a thing to exult in when it "is" arrested. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Finally, we have a view of the results of the judicial interposition of God. The expression made use of to describe the satisfaction which this gives to the righteous is thoroughly Old Testament and warlike in its tone (cf. Psa 68:24). David is in fact king, and perhaps no king ever remained so long quiet in the face of the most barefaced rebellion, and checked the shedding of blood, as David did at that time. If, however, blood must nevertheless flow in streams, he knows full well that it is the blood of the partisans of his deluded son; so that the men who were led the further astray in their judgment concerning him, the more inactive he remained, will at last be compelled to confess that it does really repay one to be just, and that there is really one higher than the high ones (Ecc 5:7[8]), a deity (אלהים) above the gods (אלים( sdog) who, though not forthwith, will nevertheless assuredly execute judgment in the earth. אך here, as in Job 18:21; Isa 45:14, retains its originally affirmative signification, which it has in common with אכן. אלהים is construed with the plural (Ges. 112, rem. 3), as is frequently the case, e.g., Sa2 7:23 (where, however, the chronicler, in Ch1 17:21, has altered the older text). This is not because the heathen are speaking (Baur), but in order to set the infinite majesty and omnipotence of the heavenly Judge in contrast with these puffed-up "gods." |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Rejoice - For the blessed effects of it; the vindication of God's honour, and the deliverance of himself and of all good men. Wash - There shall be so great a slaughter of his enemies that he might, if he pleased, wash his feet in their blood. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance - He shall have a strong proof of the Divine providence, of God's hatred against sinners, and his continual care of his followers.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked - This can only mean that the slaughter would be so great, and at the same time so very nigh to the dwelling of the righteous, that he could not go out without dipping his feet in the blood of the wicked. The Syriac, Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, Arabic, and Anglo-Saxon, read hands instead of feet. Every thing that is vindictive in the Psalms must be considered as totally alien from the spirit of the Gospel, and not at all, under our dispensation, to be imitated. If the passage above be really vindictive, and it certainly will admit of the interpretation given above, it is to be considered as not belonging to that state in which the Son of man is come, not to destroy men's lives, but to save. |
1 The LORD [03068] reigneth [04427]; let the earth [0776] rejoice [01523]; let the multitude [07227] of isles [0339] be glad [08055] thereof.
10 Say [0559] among the heathen [01471] that the LORD [03068] reigneth [04427]: the world [08398] also shall be established [03559] that it shall not be moved [04131]: he shall judge [01777] the people [05971] righteously [04339].
7 For he hath delivered [05337] me out of all trouble [06869]: and mine eye [05869] hath seen [07200] his desire upon mine enemies [0341].
5 God [0410] shall likewise destroy [05422] thee for ever [05331], he shall take thee away [02846], and pluck thee out [05255] of thy dwelling place [0168], and root thee out [08327] of the land [0776] of the living [02416]. Selah [05542].
6 The righteous [06662] also shall see [07200], and fear [03372], and shall laugh [07832] at him:
7 Lo, this is the man [01397] that made [07760] not God [0430] his strength [04581]; but trusted [0982] in the abundance [07230] of his riches [06239], and strengthened [05810] himself in his wickedness [01942].
23 That thy foot [07272] may be dipped [04272] in the blood [01818] of thine enemies [0341], and the tongue [03956] of thy dogs [03611] in the same.
3 And he hath put [05414] a new [02319] song [07892] in my mouth [06310], even praise [08416] unto our God [0430]: many [07227] shall see [07200] it, and fear [03372], and shall trust [0982] in the LORD [03068].
34 Wait [06960] on the LORD [03068], and keep [08104] his way [01870], and he shall exalt [07311] thee to inherit [03423] the land [0776]: when the wicked [07563] are cut off [03772], thou shalt see [07200] it.
6 The righteous [06662] also shall see [07200], and fear [03372], and shall laugh [07832] at him:
21 And what one [0259] nation [01471] in the earth [0776] is like thy people [05971] Israel [03478], whom God [0430] went [01980] to redeem [06299] to be his own people [05971], to make [07760] thee a name [08034] of greatness [01420] and terribleness [03372], by driving out [01644] nations [01471] from before [06440] thy people [05971], whom thou hast redeemed [06299] out of Egypt [04714]?
23 And what one [0259] nation [01471] in the earth [0776] is like thy people [05971], even like Israel [03478], whom God [0430] went [01980] to redeem [06299] for a people [05971] to himself, and to make [07760] him a name [08034], and to do [06213] for you great things [01420] and terrible [03372], for thy land [0776], before [06440] thy people [05971], which thou redeemedst [06299] to thee from Egypt [04714], from the nations [01471] and their gods [0430]?
14 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], The labour [03018] of Egypt [04714], and merchandise [05505] of Ethiopia [03568] and of the Sabeans [05436], men [0582] of stature [04060], shall come over [05674] unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come [03212] after [0310] thee; in chains [02131] they shall come over [05674], and they shall fall down [07812] unto thee, they shall make supplication [06419] unto thee, saying, Surely God [0410] is in thee; and there is none else, there is no [0657] God [0430].
21 Surely such are the dwellings [04908] of the wicked [05767], and this is the place [04725] of him that knoweth [03045] not God [0410].
7 For in the multitude [07230] of dreams [02472] and many [07235] words [01697] there are also divers vanities [01892]: but fear [03372] thou God [0430].
24 They have seen [07200] thy goings [01979], O God [0430]; even the goings [01979] of my God [0410], my King [04428], in the sanctuary [06944].