Psalm 53

PSALM 53

There Is No One Who Does Good

For the choir director. According to ^†Mahalath. A ^•Maskil of David.

^1aThe wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God,”

They act corruptly, and commit abominable injustice;

^bThere is no one who does good.

²God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men

To see if there is ^aanyone who has insight,

Anyone who ^bseeks after God.

^3aEvery one of them has turned back; together they have become ¹worthless;

There is no one who does good, not even one.

⁴Do the workers of iniquity ^anot know,

Who eat up my people as they eat bread

And do not call upon God?

⁵There they were in great dread ^awhere no dread had been;

For God ^bscattered the bones of ¹him who encamped against you;

You ^cput them to shame, because ^dGod had rejected them.

⁶Oh, that ^athe salvation of Israel ¹would come out of Zion!

When God ²restores His captive people,

³May Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.