Psalms 53 - 54 — Legacy Standard Bible

There Is No One Who Does Good

For the choir director. According to ¹Mahalath. A ²Maskil of David.

^aThe wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God,”They act corruptly, and commit abominable injustice;^bThere is no one who does good.²God looks down from heaven upon the sons of menTo see if there is ^aanyone who has insight,Anyone who ^bseeks after God.³^aEvery one of them has turned back; together they have become ¹worthless;There is no one who does good, not even one.⁴Do the workers of iniquity ^anot know,Who eat up my people as they eat breadAnd do not call upon God?⁵There they were in great dread ^awhere no dread had been;For God ^bscattered the bones of ¹him who encamped against you;You ^cput them to shame, because ^dGod had rejected them.⁶Oh, that ^athe salvation of Israel ¹would come out of Zion!When God ²restores His captive people,³May Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.

God Is My Helper

For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A ¹Maskil of David. ²When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?”

O God, save me by ^aYour name,And render justice to me by ^bYour might.²^aO God, hear my prayer;^bGive ear to the words of my mouth.³For strangers have ^arisen against meAnd ^bruthless men have ^csought my ¹life;They have ^dnot set God before them. ² Selah.⁴Behold, ^aGod is my helper;The Lord is among those who ^bsustain my soul.⁵He will ^areturn the evil to my foes;^bDestroy them ^cin Your truth.⁶^aWith a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You;I will give ^bthanks to Your name, O Yahweh, for it is good.⁷For ¹He has ^adelivered me from all ²distress,And my eye has ^blooked in triumph upon my enemies.