John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 58:1
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation ?.... Of the mighty, as in Psalm 82:1 ; the judges of the land, who were many, and therefore called a congregation, as it is necessary they should; for, being many, they are not so easily bribed; and besides, one may see that in a cause which another does not. The word signifies a "sheaf" F20 אלם "e manipulo", Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "e manipulo justifiae", Cocceius. ; and so it is by some rendered, to... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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 before and that which follows, both which appear, by the title, to have been penned with reference to that persecution through which God preserved him (Al-taschith?Destroy not), and therefore the psalms he then penned were precious to him, Michtams?David's jewels, as Dr. Hammond translates it. In... read more