Psalm 53, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
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1

The fool says in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there is no one who does good.
 

2

God looks down from heaven
on the sons of men
to see if there are any who understand,
any who seek God.
 

3

Everyone has turned away,
they have together become corrupt;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.
 

4

Will the evildoers never learn —
those who devour my people as men eat bread
and who do not call on God?
 

5

There they were, overwhelmed with dread,
where there was nothing to dread.
God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
you put them to shame, for God despised them.
 

6

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