Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 58:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 58:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 58:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Psalms, God will act quickly and powerfully to stop bad people, like a strong wind that blows away thorns before they can even make a pot hot. This means that God's anger will come fast to take away those doing wrong.

Psalms 58:9: Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath. [both...: Heb. as living as wrath]

Contradiction with Proverbs 13:21

Whereas Psalms 58:9 speaks to swift judgment, Proverbs 13:21 suggests that evil pursues sinners continually, implying a prolonged experience of consequences rather than immediate destruction.

Proverbs 13:21: Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:11

This verse implies that because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, the heart of people is set to do evil, contrasting the immediacy of retribution in Psalms 58:9.

Ecclesiastes 8:11: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

While Psalms 58:9 describes sudden judgment, 2 Peter 3:9 emphasizes God's patience and delayed judgment, as He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Contradiction with Jonah 4:2

Psalms 58:9 suggests swift judgment against the wicked, whereas Jonah 4:2 illustrates God's nature to be slow to anger and ready to relent from sending calamity.

Jonah 4:2: And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:45

This verse indicates that God causes the sun to rise and rain on both the evil and the good, seemingly contradicting the swift punishment of the wicked implied in Psalms 58:9.

Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Paradox #1

This verse suggests a violent or sudden end to enemies, which might seem in conflict with messages of forgiveness and love found in other parts of the Bible. It can be challenging to reconcile the desire for revenge or destruction with the call for mercy and compassion.

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