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MAHALATH* (Music)

Musical cue, perhaps meaning “sadness,” listed in the title of Psalm 53 (see rsv), which would designate the way in which and/or the melody to which the psalm should be sung. See Music.

Show passage in OET: PSA 53:1–6

OET-RV PSA 53:1

53 Fools tell themselves that there is no god.
⇔ They are corrupt and have done disgusting acts of evil.
⇔ There’s no one who does good.

OET-RV PSA 53:2

2 God looks down from heaven on the children of humanity
⇔ to see if there are any with insight—
⇔ ≈ who strive to obey him.

OET-RV PSA 53:3

3 They’ve all turned away.
⇔ ≈ Together they have become corrupt.
⇔ ≈ There’s not one who does good, not even one.

OET-RV PSA 53:4

4 Do those who do evil have no understanding—
⇔ those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,
⇔ and it’s not God that they trust in to help them?

OET-RV PSA 53:5

5 They were very worried even though it was quite irrational
⇔ because God will scatter the bones of any army that comes to attack you.
⇔ Those people will be put to shame because God has rejected them.

OET-RV PSA 53:6

6 If only Yisrael’s (Israel’s) rescue would come from Tsiyon (Zion).
⇔ When God brings his people back from the captivity,
⇔ then Ya’akov (Jacob) will celebrate
⇔ ≈ and Yisrael will be glad.

OET-LV PSA 53:2

2  A _fool he _says in_heart _of_his there_is_not a _god they _behave _corruptly and_they _do _abominably unrighteousness there_is_not one _who_does _of (of)_good.

OET-LV PSA 53:3

3  god from_heaven he _looks _down on the_children _of humankind to_see is_there one _who_has _insight one _who_seeks DOM god.

OET-LV PSA 53:4

4  Of _it _of_all he _backslides all _together they _are _corrupt there_is_not one _who_does _of (of)_good there_is_not also one.

OET-LV PSA 53:5

5  Not those _who_do _of (of)_wickedness do _they _know those _who_devour _of people _of_(of)_my they _eat bread god not they _call _on.

OET-LV PSA 53:6

6  There they _fear a _fear not fear it _is if/because god he _has _scattered the _bones _of one _who_encamped _against _you you _have _put_them_to _shame if/because god he_has _rejected _them.

OET-LV PSA 53:7

7  Who will _he _give will_be_from _Tsiyyōn/(Zion) the _salvation(s)_of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) when_ god _turns _back the _captivity _of his _people _of_his Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) let _it _be _glad Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) let _it _rejoice.

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