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World English Bible

Psalm 53 (WEBP)

[1] 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.
[2] God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.
[3] Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.
[4] Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God?
[5] There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
[6] Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 53 (KJVS)

[1] 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.
[2] God looked down () from heaven upon the children of men, To see () if there were any that did understand, () that did seek () God.
[3] Every one of them is gone back: () they are altogether become filthy; () There is none that doeth () good, no, not one.
[4] Have the workers () of iniquity no knowledge? () Who eat up () my people as they eat () bread: They have not called () upon God.
[5] There were they in great fear, () where no fear was: For God hath scattered () the bones of him that encampeth () against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, () because God hath despised () them.
[6] Oh that () the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back () the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, () And Israel shall be glad. ()

Psalm 53:5 Heb. they feared a fear
Psalm 53:6 Heb. Who will give salvation, etc.

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 53 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος, () ὑπὲρ () μαελεθ· συνέσεως () τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Εἶπεν ἄφρων () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () αὐτοῦ () Οὐκ () ἔστιν () θεός. () Διεφθάρησαν () καὶ () ἐβδελύχθησαν ἐν () ἀνομίαις, () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ποιῶν () ἀγαθόν. ()
[2] Ὁ () θεὸς () ἐκ () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () διέκυψεν ἐπὶ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων () τοῦ () ἰδεῖν () εἰ () ἔστιν () συνίων () ἢ () ἐκζητῶν () τὸν () θεόν. ()
[3] Πάντες () ἐξέκλιναν, () ἅμα () ἠχρεώθησαν, () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ποιῶν () ἀγαθόν, () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἕως () ἑνός. ()
[4] Οὐχὶ () γνώσονται () πάντες () οἱ () ἐργαζόμενοι () τὴν () ἀνομίαν; () Οἱ () ἔσθοντες τὸν () λαόν () μου () βρώσει () ἄρτου () τὸν () θεὸν () οὐκ () ἐπεκαλέσαντο.
[5] Ἐκεῖ () φοβηθήσονται φόβον, () οὗ () οὐκ () ἦν () φόβος, () ὅτι () ὁ () θεὸς () διεσκόρπισεν () ὀστᾶ ἀνθρωπαρέσκων· () κατῃσχύνθησαν, () ὅτι () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐξουδένωσεν () αὐτούς. ()
[6] Τίς () δώσει () ἐκ () Σιων () τὸ () σωτήριον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ; () Ἐν () τῷ () ἐπιστρέψαι () κύριον () τὴν () αἰχμαλωσίαν () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ () ἀγαλλιάσεται () Ιακωβ () καὶ () εὐφρανθήσεται () Ισραηλ. ()

Psalm 53:1 Originally verses 52:1–2.
Psalm 53:2 Originally verse 52:3.
Psalm 53:3 Originally verse 52:4.
Psalm 53:4 Originally verse 52:5.
Psalm 53:5 Originally verse 52:6.
Psalm 53:6 Originally verse 52:7.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.