Psalm 53
Darby Translation · 6 verses
To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David.
1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.2God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.3Every one of them is gone back, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people [as] they eat bread? they call not upon God.5There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put [them] to shame, for God hath despised them.6Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.Darby's Synopsis
In Psalm 53 we have the wicked in general, the whole mass of the people, all, save where grace had come in. It is the same as Psalm 14, but does not speak of Jehovah, but of God, for the remnant are no longer in the place of covenant relation. Hence here it is not God is in the generation of the righteous, but the utter ruin of those encamped against them — the public judgment of the external enemies.
Text: J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages, public domain. Emphasized words are Darby's own. Provenance on the sources page.