English Standard Version Revision 2016
Psalm 53

There Is None Who Does Good

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 who does good.

2 God looks down from heaven

on the children of man

to see if there are any who understand,

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,

where there is no terror!

For God 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.




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ESV Text Edition: 2016

Pulled from bibles.org on 25-10-17, so as to have text available which matches the ESV 2016 pew Bibles ... from which to draw text for weekly scripture readings on slides.