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Psalms Chapter 53 (Revised Standard Version)

Psalms 53

To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.

1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none that does good.
2 God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there are any that are wise, that seek after God.
3 They have all fallen away; they are all alike depraved; there is none that does good, no, not one.
4 Have those who work evil no understanding, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
5 There they are, in great terror, in terror such as has not been! For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly; they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.
6 O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad.