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1To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Mahalath, Maschil{H8688)}, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said{H8804)} in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt{H8689)} are they, and have done abominable{H8689)} iniquity: there is none that doeth{H8802)} good.

Psalms 53:1

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  • To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. …

  • The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

  • As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: …

  • Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

  • And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

This psalm was opened before, and therefore we shall here only observe, in short, some things concerning sin, in order to the increasing of our sorrow for it and hatred of it. 1. The fact of sin. Isa. that proved? Can the charge be made out? Yes, God is a witness to it, an unexceptionable witness: from the place of his holiness he looks on the children of men, and sees how little good there is amo…

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