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Psalms 53:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 53:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 53:15 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֥חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
עַֽלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מָחֲלַ֗תmāḥălat
MahalathnounH4257
מַשְׂכִּ֥ילmaśəkiyl
a poemnounH4905
לְ/דָוִֽדlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 53:1

1. Of this Psalm we undertake to treat with you, as far as the Lord supplies us. A brother bids us that we may have the will, and prays that we may have the power. If anything in haste perchance I shall have passed over, He that even to us deigns to give what we shall be enabled to say, will supply it in you. The title of it is: “At the end, for Maeleth, understanding to David himself.” “For Maeleth,” as we find in interpretations of Hebrew names, seems to say, For one…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 53 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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The cost of discipleship - Psalms 53
It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers. God is faithful in every circumstance. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. I love how this passage doesn't shy a...
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