The infidel forces that besiege our media, universities, and culture will soon be nothing but bleached bones.
Sometimes it’s good to repeat what you’ve said. In fact, sometimes it’s good to repeat what you’ve said. That seems to be the case with Psalm 53. With few exceptions, the wording is almost identical to Psalm 14. A change is in the title, where Maschil (“Contemplation”) and Mahalathare are added. The word mahălat (found also with Psalm 88) is translated elsewhere in Scripture as “sickness” or “diseases.” In fact, Exodus 15:26 is the antidote to the maladies mentioned in this psalm. “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you…For I am the Lord who heals you.” The psalm is describing the moral debilitation that comes from the rejection of God. Now what are the changes in the psalm itself? First, as noted earlier, Book I of the Psalms is dominated by the name Lord (Jehovah), whereas God (Elohim) is the more common name in Book II. There are also significant changes in verses 5-6. Recall that this psalm is quoted for the third time in Romans 3:10-12. There Paul stresses the hopeless condition of humanity without the Lord. Man in his natural condition would never seek God. Thankfully, God uses countless ways to stir sinners to be curious, then convicted, then converted. Having worked in every heart through creation, history, providence, revelation, the incarnation, Christian witness, and conviction by the Spirit, He now calls all to “seek the Lord while He may be found” (Isa 55:6). Those who do not “seek God” or “call upon God” will find that the God they have despised has, in the end, also despised them (Ps 53:2, 4-5). Far better to embrace “the salvation” He offers (v 6).