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Mahalath Maschil
In the title of Ps 53:1–6, denoting that this was a didactic psalm, to be sung to the accompaniment of the lute or guitar. Others regard this word “mahalath” as the name simply of an old air to which the psalm was to be sung. Others, again, take the word as meaning “sickness,” and regard it as alluding to the contents of the psalm.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Psalms 53:1 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.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
