Psalm 53:title–54:7

There Is None Who Does Good

53 To the choirmaster: according to pMahalath. A Maskil1 of David.

1  qThe fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;

there is none who does good.

2  God looks down from heaven

on the children of man

to see if there are any who understand,2

who seek after God.

3  They have all fallen away;

together they have become corrupt;

there is none who does good,

not even one.

4  Have those who work evil no knowledge,

who eat up my people as they eat bread,

and do not call upon God?

5  There they are, in great terror,

rwhere there is no terror!

For God sscatters the bones of him who encamps against you;

you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

6  Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!

When God restores the fortunes of his people,

let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

The Lord Upholds My Life

54 To the choirmaster: with tstringed instruments. A Maskil1 of David, uwhen the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”

1  O God, save me by your vname,

and vindicate me by your might.

2  O God, whear my prayer;

give ear to the words of my mouth.

3  xFor ystrangers2 have risen against me;

ruthless men zseek my life;

they do not set God before themselves. Selah

4  Behold, aGod is my helper;

the Lord is the upholder of my life.

5  He will return the evil to my enemies;

in your bfaithfulness cput an end to them.

6  With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;

I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, dfor it is good.

7  For he has delivered me from every trouble,

and my eye has elooked in triumph on my enemies.