Psalmorum 53

1 In finem, Pro Maeleth intelligentiæ David. Dixit insipiens in corde suo: Non est Deus. Corrupti sunt, et abominabiles facti sunt in iniquitatibus: non est qui faciat bonum.

[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 Deus de cælo prospexit super filios hominum: ut videat si est intelligens, aut requirens Deum.

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 Omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt: non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.

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

4 Nonne scient omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, qui devorant plebem meam ut cibum panis?

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 Deum non invocaverunt: illic trepidaverunt timore, ubi non erat timor. Quoniam Deus dissipavit ossa eorum qui hominibus placent: confusi sunt, quoniam Deus sprevit eos.

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 Quis dabit ex Sion salutare Israel? cum converterit Deus captivitatem plebis suæ, exultabit Iacob, et lætabitur Israel.

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.