The Fool Says, There Is No God
To the choirmaster. Of David.
1 zThe fool says in his heart, a“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
bthere is none who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,1
who seek after God.
3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
cthere is none who does good,
not even one.
4 dHave they no knowledge, all the evildoers
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon the Lord?
5 There they are in great terror,
for God is with the generation of the righteous.
6 You would shame the plans of the poor,
but2 the Lord is his refuge.
7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord erestores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
There Is None Who Does Good
To the choirmaster: according to jMahalath. A Maskil1 of David.
1 kThe fool says in his heart, l“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
mthere is none who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven
on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand,2
who seek after God.
3 They have all fallen away;
together they have become corrupt;
nthere is none who does good,
not even one.
4 oHave those who work evil no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon God?
5 There they are, in great terror,
where there is no terror!
For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you;
you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
6 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God prestores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
