Psalms 53

1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

En sú heimska að segja: „Guð er ekki til.“Hvers vegna segja menn slíkt? Vegna þess að hjörtu þeirra eru spillt og verk þeirra vond.

2 God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood, who seek after God.

Guð lítur niður af himni. Hann rennir augum yfir mannanna börn. Skyldi nokkur vera hygginn og leita vilja Guðs?

3 Every one of them has gone back. They have together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one.

Nei, allir hafa þeir snúið í hann baki. Þeir eru spilltir. Enginn þeirra gerir vilja Guðs, ekki einn einasti!

4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon God?

Þeir munu fá sinn dóm, illgjörðamennirnir sem ofsækja lýð Guðs.

5 There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against thee. Thou have put them to shame because God has rejected them.

Þeir munu þjást af ótta, jafnvel þegar engin hætta er! Guð mun á sínum tíma tvístra þeim. Hann hefur fellt sinn dóm og hafnað þeim.

6 O that the salvation of Israel came out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Ó, að Guð kæmi frá Síon og frelsaði Ísrael! Þá munum við taka gleði okkar á ný.