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A Maskil of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">They are corrupt, they commit abominable acts;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">there is no one who does good.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>God looks down from heaven on humankind</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">to see if there are any who are wise,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">who seek after God.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>They have all fallen away, they are all alike perverse;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">there is no one who does good,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">no, not one.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Have they no knowledge, those evildoers,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">who eat up my people as they eat bread,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and do not call upon God?</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>There they shall be in great terror,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">in terror such as has not been.</span></span><br /><span class="text">For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16795a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they will be put to shame,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16795b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> for God has rejected them.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">When God restores the fortunes of his people,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 53:5">Psalm 53:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb <i>him who encamps against you</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 53:5">Psalm 53:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>you have put (them) to shame</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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