Psalm 53:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{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 abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Fool

Psalm 92:6

Matthew 5:22

Luke 12:20

Said

Psalm 10:4

1 Kings 12:26

Romans 1:21

Have done

There is

Romans 3:10

General references

Jeremiah 17:9

Bible References

Fool

[The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Stupid fool!' will be subject to the council, and whoever says, 'Obstinate fool!' will be subject to fiery hell.

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Said

{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.

Then Jeroboam {said to himself}, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David

For [although they] knew God, they did not honor [him] as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasoning, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Have done

" 'You must not make yourself unclean in any of these [things], because the nations whom I am driving out from your presence were made unclean by all of these.

You must not do so toward Yahweh your God, because of every detestable thing they have done for their gods Yahweh hates, for even their sons and their daughters they would burn in the fire to their gods.

There were also male shrine prostitutes in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh had driven out from before the {Israelites}.

And you have not [only] gone in their ways, but you [also] did according to their detestable things. {In such a short time} you behaved [more] corruptly than they in all of your ways.

For it is shameful even to speak [about] the things being [done] by them in secret,

For the time that has passed [was] sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}, having lived in licentiousness, [evil] desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,

There is

just as it is written, "[There] is no one righteous, not even one;

General references

The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?