Psalm 53

There Is None Who Does Good

To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil 1 of David.

1
q The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
there is none who does good.

2 God looks down from heaven
on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand, 2
who seek after God.

3 They have all fallen away;
together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

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

5 There they are, in great terror,
r where there is no terror!
For God s scatters the bones of him who encamps against you;
you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

6 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 88:1
    O Lord, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 53:1 - 6
    The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.
    Psalms 14:1 - 7
    The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:17
    I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies. Those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you.
    Leviticus 26:36
    And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.
    Proverbs 28:1
    The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 89:10
    You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
    Psalms 141:7
    As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
    Jeremiah 8:1 - 2
    At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs.
    Ezekiel 6:5
    And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
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