Psalms 53

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1

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

2

God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

3

All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

4

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

5

There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

6

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

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English: Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Grammar from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Sentence structure and references from MACULA Greek and Hebrew (Biblica / Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meaning groups from the UBS MARBLE Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Greek, based on Louw & Nida. Words marked with a dotted line are found in only some manuscripts.