Psalms 53:3

EVERY ONE OF THEM IS GONE BACK - See the notes at Psalms 14:3. The only variation here in the two psalms is in the substitution of the word - סג _sâg_, for סור _sûr_ - words almost identical in form and in sense. The only difference in meaning is, that the former word - the word used here - means “to draw back,” or “to go back;” the other, the word used in Psalms 14:1, means “to go off, to turn aside.” Each of them indicates a departure from God; a departure equally fatal and equally guilty, whether people turn “back” from following him, or turn “aside” to something else. Both of these forms of apostasy occur with lamentable frequency....

EXPOSITION THIs psalm is a repetition of Psalms 45:1; with certain not very important variations. The most remarkable is the substitution throughout of" Elohim" for "Jehovah." The only variations which alter the sense are in Psalms 45:5. These cannot be accounted for by corruption, and seem to indicate a retouching of the original composition in order to adapt it to a special occasion. The expression, "upon Mahalath," or, "set to Mahalath," in the title, is thought to be a musical direction, and is explained by Dr. Kay as equivalent to the modern _Maestoso._ PSALMS 53:1 AND...

EVERY ONE OF THEM IS GONE BACK,.... From God, and the way of his commandments. In Psalms 14:3, it is, "they are all gone aside"; Psalms 14:3; THEY ARE ALTOGETHER BECOME FILTHY; [THERE IS] NONE THAT DOETH GOOD, NO, NOT ONE. What follows in this verse is the same as Psalms 14:3....

Psalms 53 The Apostasy Under the Man of Sin This Psalm is in greater part the same as the fourteenth. It is the description of the apostasy, the complete turning away from God and opposition to God, which will hold sway when Satan's mighty man is on the earth. Then the godly remnant will sigh for the coming of salvation out of Zion....

LIII. See Psalms 14....

GOD. Hebrew 'eth 'Elohim (Objective). App-4. Note the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), by which this verse is marked off as containing universal instruction, beginning and ending with the same word "God". CHILDREN OF MEN. sons of Adam. App-14. THAT DID UNDERSTAND. Hebrew. _Maschil._ See note on Title....

The universal depravity of mankind, and its cause....

PSALMS 53, 54 Psalms 53 (Lm.) An Instructive-psalmBy David. (_N.B.For Title, Analysis and Exposition of this psalm, see Psalms 14_, _with which this psalm is practically identicalthis being an Elohistic recension of that._) 1 Said a vile person in his heartNo God here! their conduct is corrupt their practice abominable there is no well-doer! 2 God out of the heavens looked down over the sons of men, to see whether there was one that shewed understanding in seeking after God: 3 The whole have turned aside drawn back[586] together become tainted: [586] So Br., uniting the two verbs found, the one in Psalms 14:3 and the other in...

This is a second version of Psalms 14 with the important difference that GOD (_Elohim_) is everywhere substituted for the LORD (_Jehovah_). There are a few other variations and additions, especially in Psalms 53:5 (= Psalms 14:5). The changes are interesting chiefly as an illustration of the process of editing which was applied to many Pss. and many portions of the OT., and in particular of the consistent preferences, on the part of separate writers, for one divine name rather than another. Title.—MAHALATH] variously interpreted: (1) as a corruption of Alamoth (see PSALMS 46), (2) as the first word of the song to the

PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Checking. WILL THEY NEVER LEARN? PSALMS 53 JESUS SAID, "HAVE I BEEN WITH YOU FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND STILL YOU DO NOT KNOW ME?" (JOHN 14:9) PSALMS 53 (This is) for the music leader. (Use the music called) Mahalath. (It is) a