John Trapp on Psalms 58:2

Verſ. 2. Yea in heart you work wickedneſſe] There the Devill worketh it as in a forge; ye are alwaies plotting and plowing miſchief, and that not ſo much for fear of Saul, or to pleaſe him, as out of the naughtineſſe of your own hearts; and all this you know in your conſciences to be true. Kimchi ſaith, that the word Aph or yea importeth, that their hearts were made for a better purpoſe; and therefore their ſin was the greater. Corruptio optimi p[illegible: 1 letter]ſſima.

You weigh the violence of your hands in the earth] i.e. Your bribes, ſaith Kimchi; theſe ye weigh or poiſe,Manus veſ[illegible: 1 letter]rae [illegible: 1 letter]oncinnant iniquitatem. Vul. quaſi eſſent recta, as if there were no hurt in them; ſo Demoſthenes weighed Harpalus his goblet, to the great danger of his Country, and his own indeleble infamy. The Arabick rendreth it, Manus veſtra in tenebris immerſe ſunt, your hands are drowned in darkneſſe; you ſeem to do all according to law and Juſtice (pictured with a pair of balances in her hand) when indeed you weigh out wrong for right,Trutina juſtior. Prov. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Pythag. Symb. and do things [non-Latin text not transcribed], by partiality, 1 Tim 5.21. by tilting the balance o't'one ſide.