Psalm 53 Legacy Standard Bible
There Is No One Who Does Good
For the choir director. According to [a]Mahalath. A [b]Maskil of David.
53 (A)The wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God,”
They act corruptly, and commit abominable injustice;
(B)There is no one who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there is (C)anyone who has insight,
Anyone who (D)seeks after God.
3 (E)Every one of them has turned back; together they have become [c]worthless;
There is no one who does good, not even one.
4 Do the workers of iniquity (F)not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread
And do not call upon God?
5 There they were in great dread (G)where no dread had been;
For God (H)scattered the bones of [d]him who encamped against you;
You (I)put them to shame, because (J)God had rejected them.
6 Oh, that (K)the salvation of Israel [e]would come out of Zion!
When God [f]restores His captive people,
[g]May Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.
Footnotes
- Psalm 53 Title Sickness, a sad tone
- Psalm 53 Title Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm
- Psalm 53:3 Or corrupt
- Psalm 53:5 Or possibly those
- Psalm 53:6 Lit would be
- Psalm 53:6 Or restores the fortunes of His people
- Psalm 53:6 Or Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad
Cross references
- Psalm 53:1 : Ps 10:4; 14:1-7; 53:1-6
- Psalm 53:1 : Rom 3:10
- Psalm 53:2 : Rom 3:11
- Psalm 53:2 : 2 Chr 15:2
- Psalm 53:3 : Rom 3:12
- Psalm 53:4 : Jer 4:22
- Psalm 53:5 : Lev 26:17, 36; Prov 28:1
- Psalm 53:5 : Ps 141:7; Jer 8:1, 2; Ezek 6:5
- Psalm 53:5 : Ps 44:7
- Psalm 53:5 : 2 Kin 17:20; Jer 6:30; Lam 5:22
- Psalm 53:6 : Ps 14:7
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