Psalms 53:1 meaning and explanation
For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
Psalms 53:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Psalm 53 is a lament and a wisdom psalm, a near twin of Psalm 14, and its heading assigns it to the choirmaster, set to Mahalath and called a Maskil of David. The verse opens with the fool, in Hebrew nabal, a word for someone morally dull and defiant rather than merely unintelligent.
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