Psalm 53 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

◄ Psalm 53 ►

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Psalm 53

Denunciation of Godlessness

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

1Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they commit abominable acts;
there is no one who does good.

2God looks down from heaven on humankind
to see if there are any who are wise,
who seek after God.

3They have all fallen away, they are all alike perverse;
there is no one who does good,
no, not one.

4Have they no knowledge, those evildoers,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon God?

5There they shall be in great terror,
in terror such as has not been.
For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly;[a]
they will be put to shame,[b] for God has rejected them.

6O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of his people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

Footnotes

Psalm 53:5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb him who encamps against you
Psalm 53:5 Gk: Heb you have put (them) to shame

Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Home