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53 «Al maestro del coro. Cantico di Davide.» Lo stolto ha detto in cuor suo: «DIO non c'è». Sono corrotti, fanno cose abominevoli; non c'è nessuno che faccia il bene.

DIO guarda dal cielo sui figli degli uomini, per vedere se vi sia qualcuno che abbia intelletto e cerchi DIO.

Si sono tutti sviati, sono divenuti tutti corrotti; non c'è nessuno che faccia il bene, neppure uno.

Non hanno alcuna conoscenza questi operatori d'iniquità che divorano il mio popolo come se mangiassero pane, e non invocano DIO?

Perché sono presi da gran spavento dove non c'èra motivo di spavento, perché DIO ha disperso le ossa di chi si accampa contro di te. Tu li hai coperti di vergogna, perché DIO li ha rigettati.

Chi manderà da Sion la salvezza, d'Israele? Quando DIO ristabilirà la sorte del suo popolo in cattività, Giacobbe esulterà, Israele si rallegrerà.

Psalm 53[a](A)

For the director of music. According to mahalath.[b] A maskil[c] of David.

The fool(B) says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”(C)
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

God looks down from heaven(D)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(E)
    any who seek God.(F)
Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
    there is no one who does good,
    not even one.(G)

Do all these evildoers know nothing?

They devour my people as though eating bread;
    they never call on God.
But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
    where there was nothing to dread.(H)
God scattered the bones(I) of those who attacked you;(J)
    you put them to shame,(K) for God despised them.(L)

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

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 53:1 In Hebrew texts 53:1-6 is numbered 53:2-7.
  2. Psalm 53:1 Title: Probably a musical term
  3. Psalm 53:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

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.

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

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

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

There 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.

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

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 53:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms
  2. Psalm 53:2 Or who act wisely