The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 58:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers. Serpent charmers are alluded to in Ecclesiastes 10:11 and Jeremiah 6:17. They have at all times been common in the East, as they are still in India; and it is with reason suspected that the magicians of Pharaoh employed the art in their contest with Moses and Aaron.

Charming never so wisely; literally, though they bind their spells skilfully.

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