Psalms 58:3 - Exposition

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. This is the language of hyperbole, and is certainly not the profession of the doctrine of original sin. What the psalmist means is that those who ultimately become heinous sinners, for the most part show, even from their early childhood, a strong tendency towards evil. He implies that with others the case is different. Though there may be in them a corruption of nature ( Psalms 51:6 ), yet, on the whole, they have good dispositions, and present a contrast to the ungodly ones whom he is describing.