Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 58:2

"Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth." — Psalms 58:2 (ASV)

In heart ... in the earth (or, better, in the land).—These in the text are in antithesis. The mischief conceived in the heart is weighed out, instead of justice, by these unjust magistrates. The balance of justice is thus turned into a means of wrongdoing. But, perhaps, we should rather arrange as follows:

Rather! With your heart you work wickedness in the land,
With your hands you weigh out violence.