Psalms 53:3

3 They have all fallen away; they are all alike depraved; there is none that does good, no, not one.

Psalms 53:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 53:3

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"; (See Gill on 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 53:3 In-Context

1 To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none that does good.
2 God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there are any that are wise, that seek after God.
3 They have all fallen away; they are all alike depraved; there is none that does good, no, not one.
4 Have those who work evil no understanding, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
5 There they are, in great terror, in terror such as has not been! For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly; they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.
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