Psalm 53

Psalm 53 is, except for verse 5, almost exactly the language of Psalm 14. The Second Book (Psalms 42-72) takes up the feelings and the state of the believing Israelites at a later time than the First Book; they are then shut off from the temple, and no longer in Jerusalem. This explains the change from "the Lord" (Jehovah) in Psalm 14 to "God" in Psalm 53, because the Remnant is cut off from the place where God had set His name. It tells why the change from "God" is in "the generation of the righteous" (Psalm 14:5⁵There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. (Psalm 14:5)) to the language of Psalm 53:5⁵There 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. (Psalm 53:5).