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OET (OET-RV) For the musical director: a song[fn] by David to be sung to the tune of ‘Mahalat’.[fn]
⇔ 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.[ref]

53:0 In Hebrew, ‘maskil’ is perhaps the name of this class of song.

53:0 The ‘Mahalat’ could be a tune or an instrument or a voice style.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ἐν ὕμνοις συνέσεως τῷ Δαυὶδ,
( Eis to telos, en humnois suneseōs tōi Dawid, )

ULT For the chief musician; set to Mahalath. A maschil of David.
⇔ A fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
⇔ They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity;
⇔ there is no one who does good.

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

BSB For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath.[fn] A Maskil[fn] of David. The fool says in his heart, “[There is] no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
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53:1 Mahalath is probably a musical or liturgical term; see also Psalm 88:1.

53:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.

OEB For the leader. On mahalath. A maskil of David.
⇔ Fools say in their heart,
⇔ ‘There is no God.’
⇔ Vile, hateful their life is;
⇔ not one does good.

WEBBE For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Mahalath.” A contemplation by David.
⇔ The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
⇔ They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity.
⇔ There is no one who does good.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David.
⇔ Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.”
⇔ They sin and commit evil deeds;
⇔ none of them does what is right.

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. “ON A DISEASE.” AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. A fool said in his heart, “There is no God.” They have done corruptly,
Indeed, they have done abominable iniquity,
There is none doing good.

FBV For the music director. According to Mahalath. A psalm (maskil) of David.[fn]
⇔ Only fools tell themselves, “God doesn't exist.” They are completely immoral, they commit terrible sins, not a single one of them does anything good.

53:0 This psalm is almost identical to Psalms 14.

T4T 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/right.

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BBE To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David.
⇔ The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Moff From the Choirmaster’s collection. To the tune of “Suffering.” An ode of David.
⇔ Profane men think,
⇔ “There is no God!”
⇔ Depraved their lives are and detestable,
⇔ not one of them does right.

JPS (53-1) For the Leader; upon Mahalath. Maschil of David. (53-2) The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none that doeth good.

ASV For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David.
⇔ The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
⇔ Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity;
⇔ There is none that doeth good.

DRA Unto the end, In verses, understanding for David.

YLT To the Overseer. — 'On a disease.' — An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

Drby To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David.
⇔ The fool hath said in his heart, There is no [fn]God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

53.1 Elohim

RV For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David.
⇔ The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none that doeth good.
(For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David.
⇔ The fool hath/has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable/revolting iniquity; there is none that doth/does good. )

SLT To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: instruction to David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted; they made iniquity abominable: none doing good.

Wbstr To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

KJB-1769 To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
⇔ The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.[fn]
(To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
⇔ The fool hath/has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable/revolting iniquity: there is none that doth/does good. )

53.1 Maschil: or, of instruction

KJB-1611 ¶ To the chiefe musician vpon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalme of Dauid. ¶ The foole hath sayde in his heart, There is no god; Corrupt are they, and haue done abhominable iniquitie; there is none that doth good.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps No Bshps PSA book available

Gnva To him that excelleth on Mahalath. A Psalme of David to give instruction. The foole hath saide in his heart, There is no God. they haue corrupted and done abominable wickednes: there is none that doeth good.
(To him that excelleth on Mahalath. A Psalm of David to give instruction. The fool hath/has said in his heart, There is no God. they have corrupted and done abominable/revolting wickedness: there is none that doth/does good. )

Cvdl No Cvdl PSA book available

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Luth No Luth PSA book available

ClVg In finem, in carminibus. Intellectus David,
(In the_end, in/into/on poems. Understanding David, )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT PSA book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director on/upon mahalath maskil of,David )

General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

For the chief musician

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director on/upon mahalath maskil of,David )

Alternate translation: “This is for the director of music to use in worship”

Note 2 topic: translate-transliterate

set to Mahalath

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director on/upon mahalath maskil of,David )

This may refer to a style of music.

A maschil

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director on/upon mahalath maskil of,David )

This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md).

Parallel PSA 53:1

General Information: