Liber Psalmorum

The second book of Psalms, song 53, Vulgate and King James Version

Psalm 53

Vulgate

   1 Magistro chori. Secundum "Mahalat". Maskil. David. Dixit insipiens in corde suo: "Non est Deus".
   2 Corrupti sunt et abominationes operati sunt; non est qui faciat bonum.
   3 Deus de caelo prospexit super filios hominum, ut videat si est intellegens, aut requirens Deum.
   4 Omnes declinaverunt, simul corrupti sunt; non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
   5 Nonne scient omnes, qui operantur iniquitatem, qui devorant plebem meam ut cibum panis? Deum non invocaverunt;
   6 illic trepidaverunt timore, et non erat timor. Quoniam Deus dissipavit ossa eorum, qui te obsidebant, confusi sunt, quoniam Deus sprevit eos. -
   7 Quis dabit ex Sion salutare Israel? Cum converterit Deus captivitatem plebis suae, exsultabit Iacob, et laetabitur Israel.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

   1 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 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
   3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
   4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
   5 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 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.