Psa 53:1 | HCSB | STEP | For the choir director : on Mahalath . A Davidic Maskil . The fool says in his heart , “God does not exist .” They are corrupt , and they do vile deeds . There is no one who does good .

Psalms 53:1

1 For the choir director: on Mahalath. ^{▼▼Perhaps a tune, a musical instrument, or a dance; this may be related to Hb word for “sickness.”
,} ^b A Davidic ^{▼▼Maskil: From a Hebrew word meaning to be prudent or to have insight; possibly a contemplative, instructive, or wisdom psalm}Maskil.

The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good. ^d