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Psalms 53:2 — King James Version← Study notes

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.


Psalms 53:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 53:211 words
HebrewMeaning
אָ֘מַ֤רʾāmar
he saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
נָבָ֣לnābāl
a fooladjH5036
-ish man · -ish woman) · vile person
בְּ֭/לִבּ/וֹbəlibwō
in heart hispronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אֱלֹהִ֑יםʾĕlōhiym
is a godnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הִֽ֝שְׁחִ֗יתוּhišəḥiytw
they act corruptlyverbH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
וְ/הִֽתְעִ֥יבוּwəhitəʿiybw
and they act abominablyconjH8581
(be · commit more · do) abominable · utterly
עָ֝֗וֶלʿāwel
unrighteousnessnounH5766
perverseness · unjust · unrighteousness; wicked
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
עֹֽשֵׂהʿōśēh
is one who doesverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
טֽוֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
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 53:2

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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