Psalms 53 (DRB)

Chapter Text

53:1 Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.

53:2 When the men of Ziph had come and said to Saul: Is not David hidden with us?

53:3 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.

53:4 O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.

53:5 For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: and they have not set God before their eyes.

53:6 For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector of my soul.

53:7 Turn back the evils upon my enemies; and cut them off in thy truth.

53:8 I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will give praise, O God, to thy name: because it is good:

53:9 For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "verses", "understanding", "david", "ziph", "come", "said", and "saul". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "verses" and "understanding", 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 "verses" and "understanding" 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 "verses" and "understanding" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.