Psalms 14

1 For the Chief Musician. By David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They were corrupted, and they have become abominable in their studies. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.

2 The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.

3 They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; the venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?

Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?

5 There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

They have not called upon the Lord. There, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear.

6 You frustrate the plan of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

For the Lord is with the just generation. You have confounded the counsel of the needy because the Lord is his hope.

7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Who will grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice.