Psalms 53:4

2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who ^aseek God.

3 Every one of them has turned aside;
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

4 Have the workers of iniquity ^ano knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon God?

5 ^aThere they are in great fear
Where no fear was,
For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you;
You have put them to shame,
Because God has despised them.

6 ^aOh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God brings back¹ the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Psalms 53:4

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? - See the notes at Psalms 14:4. The only change in this verse is in the omission of the word "all." This word, as it occurs in Psalms 14:1-7 ("all the workers of iniquity" ), makes the sentence stronger and more emphatic. It is designed to affirm in the most absolute and unqualified manner that none of these workers of iniquity had any true knowledge of God. This has been noticed by critics as the only instance in which the expression in Psalms 14:1-7 is stronger than in the revised form of the psalm before us.

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