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Psalms 53:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.


Psalms 53:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 53:312 words
HebrewMeaning
אֱֽלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מִ/שָּׁמַיִם֮mišāmayim
from heavenpronH8064
astrologer · heaven
הִשְׁקִ֪יףhišəqiyp
he looks downverbH8259
look (down · forth · out)
עַֽלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
בְּנֵ֫יbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָדָ֥םʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לִ֭/רְאוֹתlirəʾwōt
to seepronH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
הֲ/יֵ֣שׁhăyēš
¿ is thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
מַשְׂכִּ֑ילmaśəkiyl
one who acts prudentlyverbH7919
expert · instruct · prosper · prudent ···
דֹּ֝רֵ֗שׁdōrēš
one who seeksverbH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֱלֹהִֽיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
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 53:3

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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