Psalms 53:1

To him that excelleth on Mahalath. A Psalme of David to give instruction. The foole hath saide in his heart, There is no God. they haue corrupted and done abominable wickednes: there is none that doeth good.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

In Context

2God looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to see if there were any that would vnderstand, and seeke God.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11The earth also was corrupt before God: for the earth was filled with crueltie.

Deuteronomy 12:31Thou shalt not doe so vnto the Lord thy God: for al abomination, which the Lord hateth, haue they done vnto their gods: for they haue burned both their sonnes and their daughters with fire to their gods.

1 Kings 14:24There were also Sodomites in the lande, they did according to all the abominations of the nations, which the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

Job 15:16How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?

Psalms 10:6He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.

Psalms 10:13Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 53:1

God speaks once, yea, twice, and it were well if man would even then perceive it; God, in this psalm, speaks twice, for this is the same almost verbatim with the fourteenth psalm. The scope of it is to convince us of our sins, to set us a blushing and trembling because of them; and this is what we are with so much difficulty brought to that there is need of line upon line to this purport. The word, as a convincing word, is compared to a hammer, the strokes whereof must be frequently repeated. God, by the psalmist… Read the whole commentary →

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