Psalms 53:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And. — The conjunction is wanting in Psalms 14:1.

Iniquity. — Instead of the general term, “doings,” in Psalms 14, as if the adapter of the Psalm felt that a word applicable to good as well as evil was not strong enough to express the hideousness of the profanity.

Psalms 53:1

1 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.