Bible Quiz – Psalm 58 - Advanced “Trick the Scholar” Round (True / False)

 

Bible Quiz – Psalm 58 - Advanced “Trick the Scholar” Round (True / False) 

Ready for a deeper challenge? This Advanced “Trick the Scholar” Round explores the vivid imagery and strong language of Psalm 58. In this psalm, King David confronts injustice and calls upon God to judge the wicked. The passage is rich with metaphors and poetic comparisons that can easily confuse even careful readers.

This round is designed to test the attention of serious Bible students. Some statements are subtle, others are intentionally tricky. Read carefully before answering!

 

Instructions

Read each statement carefully.

Decide whether it is True or False according to Psalm 58.

Some statements are very similar to the wording of the psalm but contain small changes meant to mislead you.

Write down your answers first, then check them in the Answer Section with full reference verses.

 

Quiz Questions

 

1.        Psalm 58 addresses rulers and asks whether they truly judge uprightly.

 

2.        The psalm says that the wicked learn to lie only after reaching adulthood.

 

3.        The wicked are compared to a serpent that deliberately blocks its ears.

 

4.        According to Psalm 58, even the most skillful charmers cannot make the serpent listen.

 

5.        David asks God to break the horns of the wicked.

 

6.        The wicked are described as melting away like water that runs continually.

 

7.        The psalm compares the wicked to arrows that are always perfectly aimed.

 

8.        The psalm contains an image of a snail that melts as it moves.

 

9.        The psalm suggests that the wicked will see the sun after God’s judgment falls.

 

10.  The righteous are described as rejoicing when they witness God’s justice.

 

11.  Psalm 58 concludes by saying that there is no reward for the righteous.

 

12.  The final message of the psalm affirms that God judges in the earth.

 

Answers and Reference Verses

 

1. True

“Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?”

— Psalm 58:1

 

2. False

“The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”

— Psalm 58:3

 

3. True

“Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear.”

— Psalm 58:4

 

4. True

“Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.”

— Psalm 58:5

 

5. False

“Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.”

— Psalm 58:6

 

6. True

“Let them melt away as waters which run continually.”

— Psalm 58:7

 

7. False

“When he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.”

— Psalm 58:7

 

8. True

“As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away.”

— Psalm 58:8

 

9. False

“Like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.”

— Psalm 58:8

 

10. True

“The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance.”

— Psalm 58:10

 

11. False

“So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous.”

— Psalm 58:11

 

12. True

“Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.”

— Psalm 58:11

 

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