From something I spotted in a tweet, I did some digging to find the source. This is from a Psalter in the Getty Museum.
DESCRIPTION: An enthroned man wearing a fool’s cap illustrates the opening verse of Psalm 52-“The fool says in his heart ‘There is no God.'” The scroll he holds proclaims this heresy: Non e[st] Deu[s] (There is no God). Two mischievous demons incite him to this thought, while an angel above attempts to warn the fool against such a notion.
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As far as I can see, the Vulgate rather than the Roman Psalter text – but with that striking spelling “abhominabiles”.
Is he staring himself blind at the killing letter, or will he see past it to the admonishing ‘spiritus’, despite the disinspirational, misexegetical evil spirits?
“Dixit insipiens in corde suo, ‘Non est Deus.'”
One of the interesting things about the Book of Psalms is that there are _two_ Psalms with this beginning line: Psalm 52 and Psalm 13. And both Psalms are very, very similar, although there are indications that they were sung to different tunes.
The other thing that’s interesting is that they both connect atheism with injustice to the poor and needy, ruthless murder, captivity, and refusal to listen to sense.
We have seen this play out on the international scale throughout the last couple of centuries.
That’s Psalm 14 and Psalm 53 in modern Bibles.
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