< Psalmorum 53 >
1 In finem, pro Maëleth intelligentiæ David. [Dixit insipiens in corde suo: Non est Deus. Corrupti sunt, et abominabiles facti sunt in iniquitatibus; non est qui faciat bonum.
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.
2 Deus de cælo prospexit super filios hominum, ut videat si est intelligens, aut requirens Deum.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.
3 Omnes declinaverunt; simul inutiles facti sunt: non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Nonne scient omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, qui devorant plebem meam ut cibum panis?
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
5 Deum non invocaverunt; illic trepidaverunt timore, ubi non erat timor. Quoniam Deus dissipavit ossa eorum qui hominibus placent: confusi sunt, quoniam Deus sprevit eos.
There were they in great fear, [where] no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.
6 Quis dabit ex Sion salutare Israël? cum converterit Deus captivitatem plebis suæ, exsultabit Jacob, et lætabitur Israël.]
Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.