Psalm 53

₁The fool hath said in his heart,

There is no God.

Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity:

There is none that doeth good.

₂God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

₃Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy;

There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

₄Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?

Who eat up my people as they eat bread: They have not called upon God.

₅There were they in great fear, where no fear was:

For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee:

Thou hast put them to shame,

because God hath despised them.

₆Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!

When God bringeth back the captivity of his people,

Jacob shall rejoice,

And Israel shall be glad.