Psalm 53:1 - Easy To Read Version Only a fool {\cf2\super [319]} thinks there is no God.\par People like that are corrupt, evil, malicious,\par and they don’t do anything good.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt and evil are they, and doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Fools say in their hearts, There’s no God. They are corrupt and do horrible deeds; not one of them does anything good. Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, In verses, understanding for David. |
There were men who served other gods by selling their bodies for sex. [178] So the people of Judah did many bad things. The people that had lived in the land before them did those same evil things. And God took the land away from those people and gave it to the people of Israel.
“But what does something clean\par have in common with something dirty?\par Nothing!\par
Man is even worse.\par Man is dirty and ruined.\par He drinks up evil like water.\par
So those poor people begin thinking,\par “God has forgotten us!\par He has turned away from us forever!\par God doesn’t see what is happening to us!”\par
Why do bad people turn against God?\par Because they think he won’t punish them.\par
Bad people are too proud to follow God.\par They make all their evil plans.\par And they act like there is no God.\par
Those people think bad things will never happen to them.\par \{They say,\}\par “We will have fun and never be punished.”\par
Lord God, you are my Savior.\par I have been praying to you\par day and night.\par
Compared to you,\par people are like stupid animals.\par We are like fools\par who can’t understand anything.\par
You did all the terrible things they did. But you also did things that were even worse!
\{God said,\} “And Samaria did only half as many bad things as you did. You did many more terrible things than Samaria! You have done so many more terrible things than your sisters. Sodom and Samaria seem good compared to you.
But I tell you, don’t be angry with another person. Every person is your brother. If you are angry with other people, you will be judged. And if you say bad things to another person, you will be judged by the Jewish council. And if you call another person a fool, you will be in danger of the fire of hell.
But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So what about the things you prepared for yourself? Who will get those things now?’
People knew God. But they did not give glory to God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.
People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.
It is really very shameful to even talk about the things those people in darkness do in secret.
Don’t do that to the Lord your God! {Don’t worship God like that! Why?} Because those people do all kinds of bad things that the Lord hates. They even burn their children as sacrifices to their gods!
In the past you wasted too much time doing the things that the non-believers like to do. You were doing sexual sins. You were doing the evil things you wanted. You were becoming drunk, having wild and wasteful parties, having drunken parties, and doing wrong by worshiping idols (false gods).