Psalm 53-54

English Standard Version

There Is None Who Does Good

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)Mahalath. A Maskil^[a] of David.

53 ^(B)The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
there is none who does good.

²God looks down from heaven
on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand,^[b]
who seek after God.

³They have all fallen away;
together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

⁴Have those who work evil no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon God?

⁵There they are, in great terror,
^(C)where there is no terror!
For God ^(D)scatters the bones of him who encamps against you;
you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

⁶Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

The Lord Upholds My Life

To the choirmaster: with ^(E)stringed instruments. A Maskil^[c] of David, ^(F)when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”

54 O God, save me by your ^(G)name,
and vindicate me by your might.
²O God, ^(H)hear my prayer;
give ear to the words of my mouth.

³^(I)For ^(J)strangers^[d] have risen against me;
ruthless men ^(K)seek my life;
they do not set God before themselves. Selah

⁴Behold, ^(L)God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life.
⁵He will return the evil to my enemies;
in your ^(M)faithfulness ^(N)put an end to them.

⁶With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;
I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, ^(O)for it is good.
⁷For he has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has ^(P)looked in triumph on my enemies.

Footnotes

Psalm 53:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms
Psalm 53:2 Or who act wisely
Psalm 54:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 54:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Targum insolent men (compare Psalm 86:14)