Back Псалом 52 Byelorussian Žalm 53 Czech Psalm 53 German Salmo 53 Spanish Psalm 53 Estonian Psaume 53 (52) French תהילים נ"ג HE Mazmur 53 ID Salmo 53 Italian Psalmus 53 Latin
| Psalm 53 | |
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| "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." | |
_-_KB_76_F_13,_folium_075r.jpg) Psalm 53, David and Abigail, in Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (c. 1185) | |
| Other name |
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| Text | Attributed to King David |
| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 53 | |
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← Psalm 52 Psalm 54 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 53 is the 53rd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 52. In Latin, it is known as "Dixit insipiens in corde suo non est deus",[1] It is described as a maskil or "contemplation of David".[2]
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant liturgies.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 52 / 53 Archived 7 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net
- ^ Sub-heading to Psalm 52 in the New King James Version