translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . This psalm is very similar to . The major difference comes in v. 5 , which corresponds to, but differs quite a bit from, Ps 14:5-6 , and in the use of the divine name. uses “the Lord ” ( יְהוָה , yÿhvah , “Yahweh”) in vv. 2 a, 4, 6, and 7, while employs “God” ( אֱלֹהִים , ’ elohim ) throughout, as one might expect in Pss 42-83 , where the name “Yahweh” is relatively infrequent. 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 . This statement is probably not a philosophical assertion that God does not exist, but rather a confident affirmation that he 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.