Psalm 53

Folly and Wickedness of Men.

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^(A)The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,”
They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;
^(B)There is no one who does good.

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God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there is ^(C)anyone who ^(c)understands,
Who ^(D)seeks after God.

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^(E)Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

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Have the workers of wickedness ^(F)no knowledge,
Who eat up My people as though they ate bread
And have not called upon God?

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There they were in great ^(d)fear ^(G)where no ^(e)fear had been;
For God ^(H)scattered the bones of ^(f)him who encamped against you;
You ^(I)put them to shame, because ^(J)God had rejected them.

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Oh, that ^(K)the salvation of Israel ^(g)would come out of Zion!
When God ^(h)restores His captive people,
⁽ⁱ⁾Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 53:1: ['I.e. sickness, a sad tone']

b. Psalm 53:1: ['Possibly ', Contemplative, ', or ', Didactic, ', or ', Skillful Psalm]

c. Psalm 53:2: ['Or ', acts wisely]

d. Psalm 53:5: ['Or ', dread]

e. Psalm 53:5: ['Or ', dread]

f. Psalm 53:5: ['Or possibly ', those]

g. Psalm 53:6: ['Lit ', would be]

h. Psalm 53:6: ['Or ', restores the fortunes of His people]

i. Psalm 53:6: ['Or ', Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 53:1: Psalm 10:4; Psalm 14:1-7; Psalm 53:1-6

B. Psalm 53:1: Romans 3:10

C. Psalm 53:2: Romans 3:11

E. Psalm 53:3: Romans 3:12

F. Psalm 53:4: Jeremiah 4:22

G. Psalm 53:5: Leviticus 26:17; Leviticus 26:36; Proverbs 28:1

H. Psalm 53:5: Psalm 141:7; Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 8:2; Ezekiel 6:5

I. Psalm 53:5: Psalm 44:7

J. Psalm 53:5: Jeremiah 6:30; Lamentations 5:22

K. Psalm 53:6: Psalm 14:7