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Psalm 53
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David wrote this special song for the music leader. Use the music called Mahalath.

People are wicked[a]

53 A fool thinks that there is no God.
People like that are bad.
    They do evil things.
None of them does anything that is good.
2 God looks down from heaven
    at the people on earth.
He wants to see if there is anyone who is really wise
    and who wants to know God.
3 But they have all turned away.
    They have all become evil.
Nobody does anything that is good,
    not even one person.
4 People who do wicked things understand nothing.
They destroy my people
    as easily as they eat bread.
They never pray to God.
5 But now they are very afraid
    when there is nothing to be afraid of!
God has completely won against his enemies,
    the people that attack you, his people.
God has turned against them,
    so you are able to make them ashamed!
6 God, you are the one who saves your people, Israel!
Leave your home in Zion
    and make your people strong again!
When God blesses his people,
Jacob's descendants will sing!
    Yes, Israel's people will be very happy![b]

Footnotes

  1. 53:1 Psalm 53 is nearly the same as Psalm 14.
  2. 53:6 Jacob's descendants and Israel's people are names for God's people. God changed Jacob's name to be ‘Israel’.
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Psalm 53
Contemporary English Version

(A special psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune “Mahalath.”[a])

No One Can Ignore God

1 (A) Only a fool would say,
    “There is no God!”
People like that are worthless!
They are heartless and cruel
    and never do right.

2 From heaven God
    looks down to see
if anyone is wise enough
    to search for him.
3 But all of them
are crooked and corrupt.
    Not one of them does right.

4 Won't you lawbreakers learn?
    You refuse to pray,
and you gobble up
    the people of God.
5 But you will be terrified
    worse than ever before.
God will scatter the bones
    of his enemies,
and you will be ashamed
    when God rejects you.

6 I long for someone from Zion
    to come and save Israel!
Our God, when you bless
    your people again,
Jacob's family will be glad,
    and Israel will celebrate.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 53 Mahalath: Or “For flutes,” one possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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Psalm 53
New International Version

Psalm 53[a](A)

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

1 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.

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

4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?

They devour my people as though eating bread;
    they never call on God.
5 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)

6 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
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Psaumes 53
Louis Segond

53 (53:1) Au chef des chantres. Sur la flûte. Cantique de David. (53:2) L'insensé dit en son coeur: Il n'y a point de Dieu! Ils se sont corrompus, ils ont commis des iniquités abominables; Il n'en est aucun qui fasse le bien.

2 (53:3) Dieu, du haut des cieux, regarde les fils de l'homme, Pour voir s'il y a quelqu'un qui soit intelligent, Qui cherche Dieu.

3 (53:4) Tous sont égarés, tous sont pervertis; Il n'en est aucun qui fasse le bien, Pas même un seul.

4 (53:5) Ceux qui commettent l'iniquité ont-ils perdu le sens? Ils dévorent mon peuple, ils le prennent pour nourriture; Ils n'invoquent point Dieu.

5 (53:6) Alors ils trembleront d'épouvante, Sans qu'il y ait sujet d'épouvante; Dieu dispersera les os de ceux qui campent contre toi; Tu les confondras, car Dieu les a rejetés.

6 (53:7) Oh! qui fera partir de Sion la délivrance d'Israël? Quand Dieu ramènera les captifs de son peuple, Jacob sera dans l'allégresse, Israël se réjouira.

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תהילים 53
The Westminster Leningrad Codex

53 לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־מָחֲלַ֗ת מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃

2 אָ֘מַ֤ר נָבָ֣ל בְּ֭לִבּוֹ אֵ֣ין אֱלֹהִ֑ים הִֽ֝שְׁחִ֗יתוּ וְהִֽתְעִ֥יבוּ עָ֝֗וֶל אֵ֣ין עֹֽשֵׂה־טֽוֹב׃

3 אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים מִשָּׁמַיִם֮ הִשְׁקִ֪יף עַֽל־בְּנֵ֫י אָדָ֥ם לִ֭רְאוֹת הֲיֵ֣שׁ מַשְׂכִּ֑יל דֹּ֝רֵ֗שׁ אֶת־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

4 כֻּלּ֥וֹ סָג֮ יַחְדָּ֪ו נֶ֫אֱלָ֥חוּ אֵ֤ין עֹֽשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב אֵ֝֗ין גַּם־אֶחָֽד׃

5 הֲלֹ֥א יָדְעוּ֮ פֹּ֤עֲלֵ֫י אָ֥וֶן אֹכְלֵ֣י עַ֭מִּי אָ֣כְלוּ לֶ֑חֶם אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לֹ֣א קָרָֽאוּ׃

6 שָׁ֤ם׀ פָּֽחֲדוּ־פַחַד֮ לֹא־הָ֪יָה֫ פָ֥חַד כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֗ים פִּ֭זַּר עַצְמ֣וֹת חֹנָ֑ךְ הֱ֝בִשֹׁ֗תָה כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים מְאָסָֽם׃

7 מִ֥י יִתֵּ֣ן מִצִּיּוֹן֮ יְשֻׁע֪וֹת יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל בְּשׁ֣וּב אֱ֭לֹהִים שְׁב֣וּת עַמּ֑וֹ יָגֵ֥ל יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב יִשְׂמַ֥ח יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

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