Folly and Wickedness of Men.
For the choir director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.
53 (A)The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,”
They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;
(B)There is no one who does good.
2 God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there is (C)anyone who understands,
Who (D)seeks after God.
3 (E)Every 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 (F)no knowledge,
Who eat up My people as though they ate bread
And have not called upon God?
5 There they were in great fear (G)where no fear had been;
For God (H)scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;
You (I)put them to shame, because (J)God had rejected them.
6 Oh, that (K)the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores His captive people,
Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
Footnotes
- Psalm 53:1
- Psalm 53:1
- Psalm 53:2
- Psalm 53:5
- Psalm 53:5
- Psalm 53:5
- Psalm 53:6
- Psalm 53:6
- Psalm 53:6
Cross references
- Psalm 53:1 : Ps 10:4; 14:1-7; 53:1-6
- Psalm 53:1 : Rom 3:10
- Psalm 53:2 : Rom 3:11
- Psalm 53:2 : 2 Chr 15:2
- Psalm 53:3 : Rom 3:12
- Psalm 53:4 : Jer 4:22
- Psalm 53:5 : Lev 26:17, 36; Prov 28:1
- Psalm 53:5 : Ps 141:7; Jer 8:1, 2; Ezek 6:5
- Psalm 53:5 : Ps 44:7
- Psalm 53:5 : 2 Kin 17:20; Jer 6:30; Lam 5:22
- Psalm 53:6 : Ps 14:7
