Psalms 53
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Psalm 53
Denunciation of Godlessness
To the leader: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.
1 #
Ps 14.1–7; Rom 3.10 Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt; they commit abominable acts;
there is no one who does good.
2 #
Ps 33.13
God looks down from heaven on humankind
to see if there are any who are wise,
who seek after God.
3 #
Rom 3.12
They have all fallen away; they are all alike perverse;
there is no one who does good,
no, not one.
4 #
Jer 4.22
Have they no knowledge, those evildoers,
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon God?
5 #
Lev 26.17, 36; Ezek 6.5 There they shall be in great terror,
in terror such as has not been.
For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly;#53.5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb him who encamps against you
they will be put to shame,#53.5 Gk: Heb you have put (them) to shame for God has rejected them.
6 #
Ps 14.7
O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of his people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.
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