{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/53","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:44:43.616Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":53,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":52,"nextChapter":54,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":6},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that does good."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"God looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that does good, no, not one."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called on God."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God has scattered the bones of him that encamps against you: you have put them to shame, because God has despised them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 53 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 53](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/53)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/53 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}