Grēcīgās pasaules posts.
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.
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!
