Psalm 53 New International Reader's Version

For the director of music. According to mahalath. A maskil of David.

53 Foolish people say in their hearts,
“There is no God.”
They do all kinds of horrible and evil things.
No one does anything good.

²God looks down from heaven
    on all people.
He wants to see if there are any who understand.
    He wants to see if there are any who trust in God.
³All of them have turned away.
    They have all become evil.
No one does anything good,
    no one at all.

⁴Don’t these people who do evil know anything?
    They eat up my people as if they were eating bread.
    They never call out to God for help.
⁵Just look at them! They are filled with terror
    even when there is nothing to be afraid of!
People of Israel, God scattered the bones of those who attacked you.
    You put them to shame, because God hated them.

⁶How I pray that the God who saves Israel will come out of Zion!
God will bless his people with great success again.
Then let the people of Jacob be filled with joy! Let Israel be glad!