詩篇 53

1 聖歌隊の指揮者によってマハラテのしらべにあわせてうたわせたダビデのマスキールの歌 愚かな者は心のうちに「神はない」と言う。彼らは腐れはて、憎むべき不義をおこなった。善を行う者はない。

[Only] foolish people say to themselves, “There is no God!” People who say that are corrupt; they commit terrible sins; there is not one of them who does what is good/right.

2 神は天から人の子を見おろして、賢い者、神を尋ね求める者があるかないかを見られた。

God looks down from heaven and sees humans; he looks to see if anyone is [very] wise, with the result that he seeks [to know] God.

3 彼らは皆そむき、みなひとしく堕落した。善を行う者はない、ひとりもない。

[But] they are all morally corrupt; no one does what is good/right.

4 悪を行う者は悟りがないのか。彼らは物食うようにわが民を食らい、また神を呼ぶことをしない。

Will all these evil people never learn [what God will do to them]? They act violently toward Yahweh’s people while eating the food that he provides, and they never pray to Yahweh.

5 彼らは恐るべきことのない時に大いに恐れた。神はよこしまな者の骨を散らされるからである。神が彼らを捨てられるので、彼らは恥をこうむるであろう。

But [some day] those people will become terrified, like they have never been terrified before, because God will cause those who are separated from him to die, and he will [disrespect them by] scattering their bones. They have rejected God, so he will cause them to be [defeated and] completely disgraced.

6 どうか、シオンからイスラエルの救が出るように。神がその民の繁栄を回復される時、ヤコブは喜び、イスラエルは楽しむであろう。

I wish/desire that someone from Jerusalem [MTY] would come and rescue the Israeli [people]! God, when you bless your people again, [all] the Israeli [people, all the descendants of] Jacob, will rejoice.