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53 ‎[1] **For the chief musician, on the maĥalat, a contemplation by David. **It is unclear what *maĥalat* refers to. It was probably a type of musical instrument, or perhaps the name of a specific melody.** **
‎[2] **The scoundrel says in his heart, **even if he does not declare it audibly:** There is no God. **His thoughts are evident from his behavior.** They have been corrupted and have acted abominably; there is no one who does good.** This belief partially underlies his abominable behavior.
‎[3] **God looks down from heaven upon the sons of man to see if there is anyone of understanding who seeks God.**
‎[4] The results of God’s examination of mankind are discouraging. He finds that **it, **the entire generation, **has all gone sour** in the spiritual sense, **all of them together befouled; there is no one who does good, not even one*****.***
‎[5] **Have the evildoers no knowledge, they, who devour my people as if eating bread, they who do not call out to God? **This verse depicts a world devoid of holiness. Evil people are present everywhere, attacking and harming those who are good.
‎[6] **There they, **the few virtuous people, the victims of the evildoers,** were in great fear** of being swallowed up by the wicked. Turning to the righteous, the psalmist declares:** But, **in fact, **there was no **reason for you to** fear, for God has scattered the bones of those who **beset you and **encamped against you. **The psalmist addresses himself to the evildoers themselves: **You were put to shame! **And this is** because God despised them, **the evildoers.** **
‎[7] The psalm closes with words of prayer: **May the salvation of Israel emerge from Zion! When God restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will exult. **
Version: The Steinsaltz Tanakh - English
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