53 (G2). INSTRUCTION AS TO THE DEFEAT OF ENEMIES. (Introversion and Alternation.)
| G2 | O | 1∼ | The fool. God no-where. | |||
| 1∼. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. | ||||||
| P | a | ∼1 | Man. Depravity. | |||
| ∼1. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. | ||||||
| b | 2 | God. Inspection. | ||||
| 2. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. | ||||||
| P | a | 3 | Man. Depravity. | |||
| 3. Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. | ||||||
| b | 4 | God. Expostulation. | ||||
| 4. Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. | ||||||
| O | 5,6 | The righteous. God now-here. | ||||
| 5. There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. | ||||||
| 6. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. |