To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Au chef des chantres. Sur la flûte. Cantique de David. L'insensé dit en son coeur: Il n'y a point de Dieu! Ils se sont corrompus, ils ont commis des iniquités abominables; Il n'en est aucun qui fasse le bien.
KJV
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.
Thomas Aquinas
On Nature and Grace
9; 1 Post. An., texts 5 and ult. ). Now the opposite of “God exists” can be conceived, according to Ps. 53:1 : “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” It follows that it is not self-evident that God exists. I answer: there are two ways in which a thing may be self-evi…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)
er gratiam, et justificatio fidei ex gratia. Hinc quoque David ait: Misericordia ejus praeveniet me (Psal. LIII, 1) ; et alibi ipse: Misericordia tua subsequetur me (Psal. XXII, 6) . Alioquin nisi praeveniret prius misericordia gratis, nemo fidelis esset. Gratis quidem, quia fide…
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