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Psalm 53

Psalm

A psalm written by David for the choir director when Doeg went to Saul and said, “David has gone to talk with Ahimelech, the high priest.”

53 You proud man, you think that you are strong;

you boast about the trouble that you make for others,

but God faithfully protects people from you every day.

2 All during the day you plan to get rid of others;

what you say is like a sharp blade,

and you are always deceiving others.

3 You like doing what is evil more than you like doing what is good,

and you like telling lies more than you like telling the truth.

4 You, the one who says things to deceive people,

you like to say things that hurt people!

5 But God will get rid of you forever;

he will grab you and drag you from your home

and take you away from this world where people are alive.

6 When righteous people see that, they will be awestruck,

and they will laugh at what happened to you, and say,

7 “Look what happened to the man who would not ask God to protect him;

he trusted that his great wealth would save him;

he grew more powerful by wickedly hurting other people.”

8 But I am secure because I worship in God’s temple;

I am like a strong green olive tree.

I trust in God, who faithfully loves us forever.

9 God, I will always thank you for everything you have done.

I will wait patiently because you are so good,

especially when I stand before your faithful people.

Psalm

A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using a tune called “Mahalath.”

53 Only foolish people say to themselves, “There is no God!”

People who say that are corrupt; they commit terrible sins;

there is not one of them who does what is good.

2 God looks down from heaven and sees humans;

he looks to see if any man is very wise

and seeks to know God.

3 But everyone has turned away from God. They are depraved and do disgusting, filthy things.

No one does what is good.

4 Will all these evil people never learn what God will do to them?

They hurt Yahweh’s people with terrible violence. They had no guilt in what they did. They had the same expression on their faces as people eating bread at dinner.

And what is worse is that they never prayed to Yahweh.

5 But someday those people will become very terrified,

although they have nothing to fear.

For God will cause those who attack you to die,

and he will scatter their bones.

They have rejected God,

so he will cause them to be defeated and completely disgraced.

6 I wish that God would come and rescue the Israelite people!

God, when you bless your people again,

all the Israelite people, all the descendants of Jacob, will rejoice.