Psalm 53:1-6
(Of the Director; to “Mahalath”; meditative, of David’s.)
53 A rascal has said to himself“There is no God.”They behave viciously, abominably;there is nobody that does what is good.
2 God looked from the heavens upon mankindto see if there was a canny man,one that looked to God:
3 The whole lot had drawn off together, had degenerated,there was nobody that did what was good, not a single one.
4 Do all who perpetrate villainy not know?those who eat up my people eat bread, never call on God,—
5 There they are seized with terror,because God breaks up an ungodly man’s plan;You shall put them to shame,because God has repudiated them.
6 O for Israel’s salvation coming from Sion!When God comes back to his peopleJacob will jubilate, Israel make merry.
