Psalms 53:1

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The fool hath said in his heart ... - For the meaning of this verse, see the notes at Psalms 14:1 . The only change in this verse - a change whi...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"To the chief Musician upon (a) Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David." The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] (b) no God. Corrupt are they, and...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LIII. See Psalms 14.
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title. Maschil . Instruction (the sixth of thirteen Psalms so named. See note on Title, Psalms 32 , and App-65, as to the faction of the Tyrant of...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David describeth the corruption of a natural man: he convinceth the wicked by the light of their own conscience: he glorieth in the salvation of God...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The alte...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a second version of Psalms 14 with the important difference that God ( Elohim ) is everywhere substituted for the Lord ( Jehovah ). The...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 53:1-6 IN this psalm we have an Elohistic recast of Psalms 14:1-7 , differing from its original in substituting Elohim for Jehovah (...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sinners All-God Alone Can Help Psalms 53:1-6 ; Psalms 54:1-7 That Psalms 53:1-6 should be a repetition of Psalms 14:1-7 , with very few var...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This psalm, with slight variations, is found in the first book Psalms 14:1-7 ). Its introduction a second time necessarily leads us to notice the di...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS Here is a short, but striking account of sin in a natural man's heart, as was given before, in the fourteenth Psalm. The sinner is expostul...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE FOLLY OF ATHEISM ‘The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God,’ etc. Psalms 53:1-2 There seems to be something intentionally emphatic...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The fool hath said in his heart, [there is] no God ,.... The Targum adds, "of whom is revenge"; or there is no God to punish and avenge the wicked;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 53:1 «To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. » The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Human Depravity. To the chief musician upon Mahalath, Maschil. A psalm of...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 53 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm, some few words excepted, is wholly the same with Psa 14 , and therefore the reader must resort thither for the i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Heading ( Psalms 53:1 a). Psalms 53:1 ‘For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David.' The Psalm is once again dedicated to the C...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION According to the superscription this Psalm was composed by David and dedicated “To the Chief Musician;” to be used in public worship un...
Scofield Reference Notes

Mahalath Mahalath, apparently a temple choir. Maschil Maschil, "instruction."
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 53:1-2 There seems to be something intentionally emphatic about the charge against the atheist in the text, as though the wickedness of a m...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm, the same as the fourteenth, is repeated here, and was sung in plaintive strains when Sennacherib invaded Judea, as is affirmed by Origen,...
The Biblical Illustrator

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. The folly of unbelief There were Atheists in David’s days, practical Atheists at least, as th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THI s psalm is a repetition of Psalms 45:1-19 ; with certain not very important variations. The most remarkable is the substitution...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Corruption and Salvation of Men. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of public worship, upon Mahalath, in a sorrowful man...

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 53:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 53:1