Psalms 52 (DRB)

Chapter Text

52:1 Unto the end, for Maeleth, understandings to David. The fool said in his heart: There is no God.

52:2 They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that doth good.

52:3 God looked down from heaven on the children of men: to see if there were any that did understand, or did seek God.

52:4 All have gone aside, they are become unprofitable together, there is none that doth good, no not one.

52:5 Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they eat bread?

52:6 They have not called upon God: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For God hath scattered the bones of them that please men: they have been confounded, because God hath despised them.

52:7 Who will give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when God shall bring back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "iniquities", "maeleth", "understandings", "david", "fool", "said", and "heart". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "iniquities", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "called" and "iniquities" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "iniquities" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.