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A Maskil<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probably musical or liturgical terms">a</a></sup></span> of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/53-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”</span><br /><span class="indent">They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;</span><br /><span class="indent">there is none who does good.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/53-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">God looks down from heaven</span><br /><span class="indent">on the children of man</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to see if there are any who understand,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or who act wisely">b</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">who seek after God.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/53-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They have all fallen away;</span><br /><span class="indent">together they have become corrupt;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">there is none who does good,</span><br /><span class="indent">not even one.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/53-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Have those who work evil no knowledge,</span><br /><span class="indent">who eat up my people as they eat bread,</span><br /><span class="indent">and do not call upon God?</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/53-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">There they are, in great terror,</span><br /><span class="indent">where there is no terror!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you;</span><br /><span class="indent">you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/53-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!</span><br /><span class="indent">When God restores the fortunes of his people,</span><br /><span class="indent">let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Probably musical or liturgical terms<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">who</span> act wisely</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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