Psalm 58:2
Strong's Lexicon
No,
אַף־ (’ap̄-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 637: conj (denoting addition, esp of something greater) 1) also, yea, though, so much the more adv 2) furthermore, indeed

in your hearts
בְּלֵב֮ (bə·lêḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

you devise
תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּן (tip̄·‘ā·lūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 6466: 1) to do, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do 1a2) to make

injustice;
עוֹלֹ֪ת (‘ō·w·lōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5766: 1) injustice, unrighteousness, wrong 1a) violent deeds of injustice 1b) injustice (of speech) 1c) injustice (generally)

with your hands
יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗ם (yə·ḏê·ḵem)
Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

you mete out
תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃ (tə·p̄al·lê·sūn)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 6424: 1) (Piel) to weigh, make level, balance 1a) to weigh out 1b) to make level or smooth

violence
חֲמַ֥ס (ḥă·mas)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2555: 1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

on the earth.
בָּאָ֡רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

New American Standard Bible
No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.

King James Bible
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

New Living Translation
No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land.

English Standard Version
No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.

New American Standard Bible
No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.

King James Bible
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

International Standard Version
As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!

NET Bible
No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

American Standard Version
Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

English Revised Version
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
















Cross References
Psalm 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

Isaiah 10:1
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Malachi 3:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 58:1
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Psalm 57:11
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

Psalm 57:10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Psalm 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Psalm 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
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