Psalm 53:3
“Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 53Meaning
All have turned aside and become corrupt together; the sweeping diagnosis exposes universal moral failure rather than creating a superior human group.
God looks for understanding and finds universal turning aside
Psalm 53, closely related to Psalm 14, exposes practical godlessness, corruption, universal moral failure, oppression of God’s people, sudden fear, and hope for salvation from Zion. Its rhetoric is moral and covenantal, not a license to insult atheists, people with disabilities, ethnic groups, or political opponents.
Read carefully
All have turned aside and become corrupt together; the sweeping diagnosis exposes universal moral failure rather than creating a superior human group.
Reflection
All have turned aside and become corrupt together; the sweeping diagnosis exposes universal moral failure rather than creating a superior human group.