Psalms 53
53
PSALM 53
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil,
A Psalm of David.
1That there is not a God, the fool
doth in his heart conclude:
They are corrupt, their works are vile,
not one of them doth good.
2The Lord upon the sons of men
from heav'n did cast his eyes,
To see if any one there was
that sought God, and was wise.
3They altogether filthy are,
they all are backward gone;
And there is none that doeth good,
no, not so much as one.
4These workers of iniquity,
do they not know at all,
That they my people eat as bread,
and on God do not call?
5Ev'n there they were afraid, and stood
with trembling, all dismay'd,
Whereas there was no cause at all
why they should be afraid:
For God his bones that thee besieg'd
hath scatter'd all abroad;
Thou hast confounded them, for they
despised are of God.
6Let Isr'el's help from Sion come:
when back the Lord shall bring
His captives, Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall sing.
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Psalms 53
53
The Folly of the Godless and Salvation for Israel
For the music director, according to Mahalath.
A maskil of David.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity.
There is none who does good.
2God looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind
to see whether there is one who has insight,
one who seeks God.
3All of them#Literally “The whole of it,” i.e. all of humankind have turned back.
They are altogether corrupt.
There is none who does good;
there is not even one.
4Do not evildoers know,
they who eat my people as though they were eating bread?
They do not call on God.
5There they are very fearful#Literally “they feared a fear”
where no fear had been,
because God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you.
You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
6Oh, that from Zion#Literally “Who will give that from Zion” would come salvation for Israel!
When God returns the fortunes#Or “captivity” of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
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