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.

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.
O God, (H)hear my prayer;
    give ear to the words of my mouth.

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

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

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

Cast Your Burden on the Lord

To the choirmaster: with (Q)stringed instruments. A Maskil[e] of David.

55 (R)Give ear to my prayer, O God,
    and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!
Attend to me, and answer me;
    I am restless (S)in my complaint and I (T)moan,
because of the noise of the enemy,
    because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they (U)drop trouble upon me,
    and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

My heart is in anguish within me;
    (V)the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Fear and trembling come upon me,
    and (W)horror (X)overwhelms me.
And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest;
(Y)yes, I would wander far away;
    I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
I would hurry to find a shelter
    from (Z)the raging wind and tempest.”

Destroy, O Lord, (AA)divide their tongues;
    for I see (AB)violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around it
    on its walls,
and (AC)iniquity and trouble are within it;
11     ruin is in its midst;
(AD)oppression and fraud
    do not depart from its marketplace.

12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
    then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who (AE)deals insolently with me—
    then I could hide from him.
13 (AF)But it is you, a man, my equal,
    my companion, my familiar friend.
14 We used to take sweet counsel together;
    within God's house we walked in (AG)the throng.
15 Let death steal over them;
    let them go down to Sheol (AH)alive;
    for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

16 But I call to God,
    and the Lord will save me.
17 (AI)Evening and (AJ)morning and at (AK)noon
    I (AL)utter my complaint and moan,
    and he hears my voice.
18 He redeems my soul in safety
    from the battle that I wage,
    for (AM)many are arrayed against me.
19 God will give ear and humble them,
    he who is (AN)enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not (AO)change
    and do not fear God.

20 My companion[f] (AP)stretched out his hand against his friends;
    he violated his covenant.
21 His (AQ)speech was (AR)smooth as butter,
    yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
    yet they were (AS)drawn swords.

22 (AT)Cast your burden on the Lord,
    and he will sustain you;
(AU)he will never permit
    the righteous to be moved.

23 But you, O God, (AV)will cast them down
    into (AW)the pit of destruction;
men of (AX)blood and treachery
    shall not (AY)live out half their days.
But I will (AZ)trust in you.

In God I Trust

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A (BA)Miktam[g] of David, when the (BB)Philistines seized him in Gath.

56 (BC)Be gracious to me, O God, for man (BD)tramples on me;
    all day long an attacker oppresses me;
my enemies trample on me all day long,
    for many attack me proudly.
When I am afraid,
    I (BE)put my trust in you.
In God, whose word I praise,
    in God I trust; (BF)I shall not be afraid.
    What can flesh do to me?

All day long they injure my cause;[h]
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.
They (BG)stir up strife, they (BH)lurk;
    they (BI)watch my steps,
    as they have waited for my life.
For their crime will they escape?
    (BJ)In wrath (BK)cast down the peoples, O God!

You have kept count of my tossings;[i]
    (BL)put my tears in your bottle.
    (BM)Are they not in your book?
Then my enemies will turn back
    (BN)in the day when I call.
    This I know, that[j] (BO)God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; (BP)I shall not be afraid.
    What can man do to me?

12 I must perform my (BQ)vows to you, O God;
    I will (BR)render thank offerings to you.
13 (BS)For you have delivered my soul from death,
    yes, my feet from falling,
(BT)that I may walk before God
    (BU)in the light of life.

Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (BV)Do Not Destroy. A (BW)Miktam[k] of David, when he fled from Saul, in (BX)the cave.

57 (BY)Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
    for in you my soul (BZ)takes refuge;
in (CA)the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
    (CB)till the storms of destruction pass by.
I cry out to God Most High,
    to God who (CC)fulfills his purpose for me.
(CD)He will send from heaven and save me;
    he will put to shame (CE)him who tramples on me. Selah
(CF)God will send out (CG)his steadfast love and his faithfulness!

My soul is in the midst of (CH)lions;
    I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (CI)teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose (CJ)tongues are sharp swords.

(CK)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
    Let your glory be over all the earth!

They set (CL)a net for my steps;
    my soul was (CM)bowed down.
They (CN)dug a pit in my way,
    but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
(CO)My heart is (CP)steadfast, O God,
    my heart is steadfast!
I will sing and make melody!
    (CQ)Awake, (CR)my glory![l]
Awake, (CS)O harp and lyre!
    I will awake the dawn!
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
    I will sing praises to you among the nations.
10 For your (CT)steadfast love is great to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.

11 (CU)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
    Let your glory be over all the earth!

God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (CV)Do Not Destroy. A (CW)Miktam[m] of David.

58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[n]
    Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
    your hands (CX)deal out violence on earth.

The wicked are (CY)estranged from the womb;
    they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
(CZ)They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
    like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
so that it (DA)does not hear the voice of charmers
    or of the cunning enchanter.

O God, (DB)break the teeth in their mouths;
    tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
Let them (DC)vanish like water that runs away;
    when he (DD)aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
Let them be like the snail (DE)that dissolves into slime,
    like (DF)the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of (DG)thorns,
    whether green or ablaze, may he (DH)sweep them away![o]

10 (DI)The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
    he will (DJ)bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is (DK)a reward for the righteous;
    surely there is a God who (DL)judges on earth.”

Notas al pie

  1. Psalm 53:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms
  2. Psalm 53:2 Or who act wisely
  3. Psalm 54:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  4. Psalm 54:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Targum insolent men (compare Psalm 86:14)
  5. Psalm 55:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  6. Psalm 55:20 Hebrew He
  7. Psalm 56:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  8. Psalm 56:5 Or they twist my words
  9. Psalm 56:8 Or wanderings
  10. Psalm 56:9 Or because
  11. Psalm 57:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  12. Psalm 57:8 Or my whole being
  13. Psalm 58:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  14. Psalm 58:1 Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)
  15. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain

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!

Psalm 54[d]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[e] of David. When the Ziphites(M) had gone to Saul and said, “Is not David hiding among us?”

Save me(N), O God, by your name;(O)
    vindicate me by your might.(P)
Hear my prayer, O God;(Q)
    listen to the words of my mouth.

Arrogant foes are attacking me;(R)
    ruthless people(S) are trying to kill me(T)
    people without regard for God.[f](U)

Surely God is my help;(V)
    the Lord is the one who sustains me.(W)

Let evil recoil(X) on those who slander me;
    in your faithfulness(Y) destroy them.

I will sacrifice a freewill offering(Z) to you;
    I will praise(AA) your name, Lord, for it is good.(AB)
You have delivered me(AC) from all my troubles,
    and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.(AD)

Psalm 55[g]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[h] of David.

Listen to my prayer, O God,
    do not ignore my plea;(AE)
    hear me and answer me.(AF)
My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught(AG)
    because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me(AH)
    and assail(AI) me in their anger.(AJ)

My heart is in anguish(AK) within me;
    the terrors(AL) of death have fallen on me.
Fear and trembling(AM) have beset me;
    horror(AN) has overwhelmed me.
I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;[i](AO)
I would hurry to my place of shelter,(AP)
    far from the tempest and storm.(AQ)

Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,(AR)
    for I see violence and strife(AS) in the city.(AT)
10 Day and night they prowl(AU) about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.
11 Destructive forces(AV) are at work in the city;
    threats and lies(AW) never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,(AX)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship(AY)
    at the house of God,(AZ)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;(BA)
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,(BB)
    for evil finds lodging among them.

16 As for me, I call to God,
    and the Lord saves me.
17 Evening,(BC) morning(BD) and noon(BE)
    I cry out in distress,
    and he hears my voice.
18 He rescues me unharmed
    from the battle waged against me,
    even though many oppose me.
19 God, who is enthroned from of old,(BF)
    who does not change—
he will hear(BG) them and humble them,
    because they have no fear of God.(BH)

20 My companion attacks his friends;(BI)
    he violates his covenant.(BJ)
21 His talk is smooth as butter,(BK)
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,(BL)
    yet they are drawn swords.(BM)

22 Cast your cares on the Lord
    and he will sustain you;(BN)
he will never let
    the righteous be shaken.(BO)
23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit(BP) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(BQ)
    will not live out half their days.(BR)

But as for me, I trust in you.(BS)

Psalm 56[j]

For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam.[k] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

Be merciful to me,(BT) my God,
    for my enemies are in hot pursuit;(BU)
    all day long they press their attack.(BV)
My adversaries pursue me all day long;(BW)
    in their pride many are attacking me.(BX)

When I am afraid,(BY) I put my trust in you.(BZ)
    In God, whose word I praise—(CA)
in God I trust and am not afraid.(CB)
    What can mere mortals do to me?(CC)

All day long they twist my words;(CD)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
They conspire,(CE) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,(CF)
    hoping to take my life.(CG)
Because of their wickedness do not[l] let them escape;(CH)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(CI)

Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll[m](CJ)
    are they not in your record?(CK)
Then my enemies will turn back(CL)
    when I call for help.(CM)
    By this I will know that God is for me.(CN)

10 In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise—
11 in God I trust and am not afraid.
    What can man do to me?

12 I am under vows(CO) to you, my God;
    I will present my thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered me from death(CP)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.(CQ)

Psalm 57[n](CR)

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[o] When he had fled from Saul into the cave.(CS)

Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
    for in you I take refuge.(CT)
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings(CU)
    until the disaster has passed.(CV)

I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.(CW)
He sends from heaven and saves me,(CX)
    rebuking those who hotly pursue me—[p](CY)
    God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.(CZ)

I am in the midst of lions;(DA)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(DB)

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
    let your glory be over all the earth.(DC)

They spread a net for my feet(DD)
    I was bowed down(DE) in distress.
They dug a pit(DF) in my path—
    but they have fallen into it themselves.(DG)

My heart, O God, is steadfast,
    my heart is steadfast;(DH)
    I will sing and make music.
Awake, my soul!
    Awake, harp and lyre!(DI)
    I will awaken the dawn.

I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing of you among the peoples.
10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the skies.(DJ)

11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;(DK)
    let your glory be over all the earth.(DL)

Psalm 58[q]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[r]

Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(DM)
    Do you judge people with equity?
No, in your heart you devise injustice,(DN)
    and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(DO)

Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(DP)
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
that will not heed(DQ) the tune of the charmer,(DR)
    however skillful the enchanter may be.

Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(DS)
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(DT)
Let them vanish like water that flows away;(DU)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(DV)
May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,(DW)
    like a stillborn child(DX) that never sees the sun.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(DY)
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[s](DZ)
10 The righteous will be glad(EA) when they are avenged,(EB)
    when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.(EC)
11 Then people will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;(ED)
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”(EE)

Notas al pie

  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
  4. Psalm 54:1 In Hebrew texts 54:1-7 is numbered 54:3-9.
  5. Psalm 54:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  6. Psalm 54:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
  7. Psalm 55:1 In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.
  8. Psalm 55:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  9. Psalm 55:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.
  10. Psalm 56:1 In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.
  11. Psalm 56:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  12. Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.
  13. Psalm 56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin
  14. Psalm 57:1 In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.
  15. Psalm 57:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  16. Psalm 57:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.
  17. Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
  18. Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  19. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.