Mga Awit 53

1Ang mangmang ay nagsabi sa puso niya, Walang Dios. Nangapahamak sila, at nagsigawa ng kasuklamsuklam na kasamaan; walang gumawa ng mabuti. 2Tinunghan ng Dios ang mga anak ng mga tao mula sa langit, upang tignan kung may sinomang nakakaunawa, na humanap sa Dios. 3Bawa't isa sa kanila ay tumalikod: sila'y magkakasamang naging mahahalay; walang gumawa ng mabuti, wala, wala kahit isa. 4Wala bang kaalaman ang mga manggagawa ng kasamaan? na siyang kumakain ng aking bayan na tila kumakain ng tinapay, at hindi nagsisitawag sa Dios. 5Doo'y nangapasa malaking katakutan sila na hindi kinaroroonan ng takot: sapagka't pinangalat ng Dios ang mga buto niya na humahantong laban sa iyo; iyong inilagay sila sa kahihiyan, sapagka't itinakuwil sila ng Dios. 6Oh kung ang kaligtasan ng Israel ay lumabas sa Sion. Pagka ibabalik ng Dios ang nangabihag ng kaniyang bayan, magagalak nga ang Jacob at matutuwa ang Israel.

1The 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. 2God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God. 3Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one. 4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God? 5There 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. 6Oh 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.

1Een onderwijzing van David, voor den opperzangmeester, op Machalath. 2De dwaas zegt in zijn hart: Er is geen God; zij verderven het, en zij bedrijven gruwelijk onrecht; er is niemand, die goed doet. 3God heeft van den hemel nedergezien op de mensenkinderen, om te zien, of iemand verstandig ware, die God zocht. 4Een ieder van hen is teruggekeerd, te zamen zijn zij stinkende geworden, er is niemand, die goed doet, ook niet een. 5Hebben dan de werkers der ongerechtigheid geen kennis, die Mijn volk opeten, alsof zij brood aten? Zij roepen God niet aan. 6Aldaar zijn zij met vervaardheid vervaard geworden, waar geen vervaardheid was; want God heeft de beenderen desgenen, die u belegerde, verstrooid; gij hebt hen beschaamd gemaakt, want God heeft hen verworpen. Och, dat Israels verlossingen uit Sion kwamen! Als God de gevangenen Zijns volks zal doen wederkeren, dan zal zich Jakob verheugen, Israel zal verblijd zijn.