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.  
 
            
Ps 53:1-6. Upon Mahalath--(See on Ps 88:1, title). Why this repetition of the fourteenth Psalm is given we do not know.
1-4. with few verbal changes, correspond with Ps 14:1-4.