translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . The psalmist observes that the human race is morally corrupt. Evildoers oppress God’s people, but the psalmist is confident of God’s protection and anticipates a day when God will vindicate Israel.


text: “There is no God.” The statement is probably not a philosophical assertion that God does not exist, but rather a confident affirmation that God is unconcerned about how men live morally and ethically (see Ps 10:4, 11 ).


text: The picture of the Lord looking down from heaven draws attention to his sovereignty over the world.


text: Anyone who is wise and seeks God refers to the person who seeks to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him.


text: The deliverance of Israel . This refers metonymically to God, the one who lives in Zion and provides deliverance for Israel.