Human Wickedness
(Psalm 53)1 Fools say to themselves,
“There is no God!”
They are all corrupt,
and they have done terrible things;
there is no one who does what is right.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven at us humans
to see if there are any who are wise,
any who worship him.
3 But they have all gone wrong;
they are all equally bad.
Not one of them does what is right,
not a single one.
4 “Don't they know?” asks the Lord.
“Are all these evildoers ignorant?
They live by robbing my people,
and they never pray to me.”
5 But then they will be terrified,
for God is with those who obey him.
6 Evildoers frustrate the plans of the humble,
but the Lord is their protection.
7 How I pray that victory
will come to Israel from Zion.
How happy the people of Israel will be
when the Lord makes them prosperous again!
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1 Dziedātāju vadonim, Dāvida dziesma. —Bezprāši saka savā sirdī: „Dieva nevaid!“ Tie ir samaitāti un dara nelietības, starp viņiem nav neviena, kas dara labu.
2 Tas Kungs skatās no debesīm uz cilvēku bērniem un raugās, vai jel kāds ir sapratīgs un meklē Dievu.
3 Bet viņi ir novirzījušies, visnotaļ izvirtuši; nav neviena, kas dara labu, it neviena.
4 Vai tad nav nekādas saprašanas ļauna darītājiem, kas saēd manu tautu un kas gan ēd tā Kunga maizi, tomēr nepiesaukdami Viņu?
5 Reiz viņi bīdamies izbīsies, jo Dievs ir ar taisno cilti.
6 Jūs nievājat nabaga padomu, bet tas Kungs ir viņa patvērums.
7 Ak, kaut Israēlam no Ciānas nāktu palīdzība! Kad tas Kungs reiz vērsīs uz labu savas tautas likteni, tad Jēkabs priecāsies, un Israēls līksmos.
