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Psalm 58:5

which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

3The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
7Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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Notice

The cobra that ignores even a skilled charmer portrays wickedness resistant to restraint, exposing the limits of well-chosen words in the face of harm.

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Where else Scripture says this

4 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Jeremiah 8:17“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.Both passages describe snakes that resist charm, an image of wickedness in the psalm and a threat of judgment in Jeremiah.
Isaiah 19:3The spirit of the Egyptians will fail within them. I will destroy their counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and …Charmers appear in both texts: the cobra ignores their voice in the psalm, while the Egyptians seek them amid failing counsel.
Deuteronomy 18:11or a charmer, or someone who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.Both mention a charmer; the psalm describes a snake resisting charm, while Deuteronomy names a person who practices it.
Jeremiah 25:30“Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and tell them, “‘The LORD will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation. He will …Both passages mention a voice, though Psalm 58 describes an ignored charmer and Jeremiah describes the LORD roaring against earth’s inhabitants.
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Injustice and anger.

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Encouragement

The next lines ask God to break the attackers’ teeth, a fierce plea to stop their harm. The psalm turns to God for judgment when human speech fails.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).