Psalms 53:1

לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַֽל ־ מָחֲלַת מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִֽד ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2אָמַר נָבָל בְּלִבּוֹ אֵין אֱלֹהִים הִֽשְׁחִיתוּ וְהִֽתְעִיבוּ עָוֶל אֵין עֹֽשֵׂה ־ טֽוֹב ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11וַתִּשָּׁחֵת הָאָרֶץ לִפְנֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָֽס ׃

Deuteronomy 12:31לֹא ־ תַעֲשֶׂה כֵן לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי כָּל ־ תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂנֵא עָשׂוּ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם כִּי גַם אֶת ־ בְּנֵיהֶם וְאֶת ־ בְּנֹתֵיהֶם יִשְׂרְפוּ בָאֵשׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽם ׃

1 Kings 14:24וְגַם ־ קָדֵשׁ הָיָה בָאָרֶץ עָשׂוּ כְּכֹל הַתּוֹעֲבֹת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ פ

Job 15:16אַף כִּֽי ־ נִתְעָב וְֽנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ ־ שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָֽה ׃

Psalms 10:6אָמַר בְּלִבּוֹ בַּל ־ אֶמּוֹט לְדֹר וָדֹר אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ בְרָֽע ׃

Psalms 10:13עַל ־ מֶה ׀ נִאֵץ רָשָׁע ׀ אֱלֹהִים אָמַר בְּלִבּוֹ לֹא תִּדְרֹֽשׁ ׃

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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