Psalm 53:4

Translations

Modern

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

Traditional

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

Literal

Will they not learn, the workers of iniquity, those devouring my people they have devoured bread; they do not call upon God.

Latin

Nonne scient omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, qui devorant plebem meam ut cibum panis?

Original

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English

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

Notes

Psalms 53:1–6

This psalm is similar to Psalm 14, with differences only in verse 5.

Psalms 51:1–65:13

These psalms of David share a common theme. They reflect on the experience of evil. In Psalm 51, the psalmist admits his wrongdoing and asks for God's forgiveness. Psalms 52–64 express sorrow over specific evils David faced. A song of praise (Psalm 65) brings David's laments to an end.

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Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
Psalm 27:2
When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
Psalm 94:8
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Isaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
Matthew 23:17–39
You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

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