Psalm 52 (53)

1 In finem, pro Maëleth intelligentiæ David. Dixit insipiens in corde suo : Non est Deus.

1 Unto the end, for Maeleth, understandings to David. The fool said in his heart: There is no God.

2 Corrupti sunt, et abominabiles facti sunt in iniquitatibus ; non est qui faciat bonum.

2 They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that doth good.

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

3 God looked down from heaven on the children of men: to see if there were any that did understand, or did seek God.

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

4 All have gone aside, they are become unprofitable together, there is none that doth good, no not one.

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

5 Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they eat bread?

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

6 They have not called upon God: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For God hath scattered the bones of them that please men: they have been confounded, because God hath despised them.

7 Quis dabit ex Sion salutare Israël ? cum converterit Deus captivitatem plebis suæ, exsultabit Jacob, et lætabitur Israël.

7 Who will give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when God shall bring back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.