They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
PSALM 53 This psalm being almost identical with the fourteenth, it has not been considered necessary to subjoin any distinct commentary. Some slight differences will be found, on comparison, between this and the 14th psalm; the chief of which is in the 5th verse. For Calvin’s explanation of this verse, see volume 1, p. 199.
Commenting on Psalm 53:1-6
The whole human mass runs in direct defiance of God's law, not merely turning aside but sprinting the opposite direction. Fouled with all-pervading pollution, rank with putrefaction, this is God's verdict after surveying the race. Grace must interpose, or not one specimen of humanity will follow after the good and true.
AI summary
Sin springs from a corrupt thought: men say in their hearts there is no God to account for them, and their bad practices flow from this evil fountain. Atheists, whether in opinion or practice, are the greatest fools alive, for they deny the very faculty that distinguishes man from brute beasts, his capacity for religion.
AI summary
Commenting on Psalm 53:1-6