Psalm 53:4

4 Are they dumb—these evildoers— devouring my people like they are eating bread but never calling on God?

Psalm 53:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 53:4

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?
&c.] In ( Psalms 14:4 ) , it is, "have all the workers" There are none of them but what have, unless given up to judicial blindness, and hardness of heart, to believe a lie, as antichrist and his followers, ( 2 Thessalonians 2:10 2 Thessalonians 2:11 ) ; (See Gill on Psalms 14:4);

who eat up my people, [as] they eat bread;
and drink their blood, and are drunken with it, ( Revelation 17:6 ) ;

they have not called upon God;
but upon their idols, upon the Virgin Mary, and saints departed. In ( Psalms 14:4 ) , it is, "upon the Lord".

Psalm 53:4 In-Context

2 God looks down from heaven on humans to see if anyone is wise, to see if anyone seeks God.

3 But all have turned away. Everyone is corrupt. No one does good— not even one person!

4 Are they dumb—these evildoers— devouring my people like they are eating bread but never calling on God?

5 There, where there was nothing to fear, they will be in utter panic because God will scatter the bones of those who attacked you. You will put them to shame because God has rejected them.

6 Let Israel's salvation come out of Zion! When God changes his people's circumstances for the better, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will celebrate!