Psalms 53:2

Old Testament Psalms

WEB

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

KJV

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Commentary

Commentary

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,.... In Psa 14:2 , it is read, "th e Lord" or "Jehovah"; in everything else there is an agreement in this verse; See Gill on Psa 14:2 ; to see if there were any that did understand; the Targum is, "that were understanding" in the law; it doubtless means understanding in divine and spiritual things; that did seek God; the above paraphrase is, "seeking doctrine from before the Lord".