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(A special psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune “Mahalath.”[a])

No One Can Ignore God

(A) Only a fool would say,
    “There is no God!”
People like that are worthless!
They are heartless and cruel
    and never do right.

From heaven God
    looks down to see
if anyone is wise enough
    to search for him.
But all of them
are crooked and corrupt.
    Not one of them does right.

Won't you lawbreakers learn?
    You refuse to pray,
and you gobble up
    the people of God.
But you will be terrified
    worse than ever before.
God will scatter the bones
    of his enemies,
and you will be ashamed
    when God rejects you.

I long for someone from Zion
    to come and save Israel!
Our God, when you bless
    your people again,
Jacob's family will be glad,
    and Israel will celebrate.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 53 Mahalath: Or “For flutes,” one possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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