Introduction
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.
The psalm is a bold and earnest rebuke of unjust rulers and judges; men who not only bartered justice for bribes, but perverted judgment from personal hatred. The fearless and impassioned style is characteristically Davidic, and the execrations must be considered as a prayer to despoil such rulers of power and office, now that reformation was hopeless. The psalm evidently belongs to the Sauline period, as the Al-taschith and the imagery indicate, and for the same reason has its present place in the psalter. The matter fails into four divisions: Psalms 58:1-2, an address to the judges themselves; Psalms 58:3-5, a statement of their evil conduct and obstinate wickedness; Psalms 58:6-9, a solemn execration; Psalms 58:10-11, the salutary effect of their public punishment, and of the vindication of the righteous.
TITLE: Al-taschith The second of this designation: see title of Psalms 57:0.
Michtam See title of Psalms 16:0
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