Psalms 53:2

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 53:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God looked down from heaven ... - See the notes at Psalms 14:2 . The only change which occurs in this verse is the substitution of the word אלה...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did (c) seek God. (c) By which he condemn...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LIII. See Psalms 14.
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...
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...
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

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men ,.... In Psalms 14:2 , it is read, "the Lord" or "Jehovah"; in everything else there is an ag...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God. Ver. 2. God looked down,...
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

No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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 Biblical Illustrator

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

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 2 Chronicles 15:2 ; 2 Chronicles 19:3 ; Deuteronomy 4:6 ; Isaiah 55:6 ; Jeremiah 16:17 ; Jeremiah 23:24 ; Job 28:28 ; Ps...

² God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 53:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 53:2