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SOTD Psalm 53 & 54

Psalm 53

There Is None Who Does Good
To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil[j] of David.

1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
there is none who does good.

2God looks down from heaven
on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand,[k]
who seek after God.

3They have all fallen away;
together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

4Have those who work evil no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon God?

5There 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.

6Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Psalm 54

The Lord Upholds My Life
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil[l] of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”

1O God, save me by your name,
and vindicate me by your might.
2O God, hear my prayer;
give ear to the words of my mouth.

3 For strangers[m] have risen against me;
ruthless men seek my life;
they do not set God before themselves.
Selah

4Behold, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life.
5He will return the evil to my enemies;
in your faithfulness put an end to them.

6With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;
I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good.
7For he has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.