The Morning Devotional: Psalm 58
Season 11 | Edition 39
May 19, 2026
SUMMARY: This sermon, centered on Psalm 58, presents a powerful meditation on the justice of God as the ultimate arbiter of righteousness in a fallen world. It emphasizes that human judgment is inherently flawed due to our sinfulness, urging humility and reliance on divine wisdom, especially among church leaders. The psalm’s vivid imagery of the wicked—venomous, deceitful, and deaf to divine truth—underscores the reality of moral corruption, yet the preacher redirects focus from personal vengeance to God’s sovereign justice. The righteous are called not to retaliate, but to trust in God’s timing and character, rejoicing in His ultimate vindication of the oppressed. The sermon affirms that while evil persists, God’s justice will prevail—either in this life or the next—offering hope and peace to those enduring injustice. Ultimately, the message is one of faithful trust in the just judge of heaven and earth.
Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands deal out violence on earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb;
they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
5 so that it does not hear the voice of charmers
or of the cunning enchanter.
6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7 Let them vanish like water that runs away;
when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
8 Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,
like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away![c]
10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who judges on earth.”
(Psalm 58:1-11, ESV)