53:1 [To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.] The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. 53:2 God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. 53:3 They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. 53:4 Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God 53:5 There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them. 53:6 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.