PSALM 53

Folly and Wickedness of Men.

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

1 aThe 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.

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

To see if there is aanyone who 1understands,

Who bseeks after God.

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

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

4 Have the workers of wickedness ano knowledge,

Who eat up My people as though they ate bread

And have not called upon God?

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

For God bscattered the bones of 2him who encamped against you;

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

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

When God 2restores His captive people,

3Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.