Psalm 53

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 89 Moravia, 35 Blackbourn

1    That there is not a God, the fool

            doth in his heart conclude:

      They are corrupt, their works are vile,

            not one of them doth good.

2    The Lord upon the sons of men

            from heav’n did cast his eyes,

      To see if any one there was

            that sought God, and was wise.

3    They altogether filthy are,

            they all are backward gone;

      And there is none that doeth good,

            no, not so much as one.

4    These workers of iniquity,

            do they not know at all,

      That they my people eat as bread,

            and on God do not call?

5    Ev’n there they were afraid, and stood

            with trembling, all dismay’d,

      Whereas there was no cause at all

            why they should be afraid:

      For God his bones that thee besieg’d

            hath scatter’d all abroad;

      Thou hast confounded them, for they

            despised are of God.

6    Let Isr’el’s help from Sion come:

            when back the Lord shall bring

      His captives, Jacob shall rejoice,

            and Israel shall sing.