There is a remarkable resemblance between this psalm and Psalms 14:1.
Both are ascribed to the same author, David; and each pursues the same
line of thought - the folly and wickedness of Atheism. They...
BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII.
Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and
avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here
and there, however, the name Y...
This Psalm is another recension of Psalms 14. _Elôhîm_(God), is
substituted for _Jehovah_(A.V. Lord) in accordance with the usage of
this book; and in Psalms 53:1_; Psalms 53:6_there are a few variati...
LIII.
This Psalm is a variation from Psalms 14. Which was the original, or
whether both are not corruptions of some lost original, are questions
involving minute comparisons and examinations of the He...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 53
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON MAHALATH, MASCHIL, [A PSALM] OF DAVID. The
word "mahalath" is only used here and in Psalms 88:1. Some, with Aben
Ezra, take it to be the first word...
_A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021._
The occasion of this Psalm, which varies but little from the
fourteenth, and for which variation it is not easy to account, is
supposed to have been the next revolt which the...