Psalm 53

PSALM 53

Folly and Wickedness of Men.

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

^1aThe fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,”

They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;

^bThere is no one who does good.

²God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men

To see if there is ^aanyone who ¹understands,

Who ^bseeks after God.

^3aEvery one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt;

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

⁴Have the workers of wickedness ^ano knowledge,

Who eat up My people as though they ate bread

And have not called upon God?

⁵There they were in great ¹fear ^awhere no fear had been;

For God ^bscattered the bones of ²him 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,

³Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.