1 The fool says in his heart,

“There is no God.”

They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;

there is no one who does good.

2 God looks down from heaven

on all mankind

to see if there are any who understand,

any who seek God.

3 Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;

there is no one who does good,

not even one.

1 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.

2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy;

There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

1 Only fools say in their hearts,

“There is no God.”

They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;

not one of them does good!

2 God looks down from heaven

on the entire human race;

he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,

if anyone seeks God.

3 But no, all have turned away;

all have become corrupt.

No one does good,

not a single one!

1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity;

There is none who does good.

2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

3 Every one of them has turned aside;

They have together become corrupt;

There is none who does good,

No, not one.

1 Fools say to themselves,

“There is no God.”

Fools are evil and do terrible things;

none of them does anything good.

2 God looked down from heaven on all people

to see if anyone was wise,

if anyone was looking to God for help.

3 But all have turned away.

Together, everyone has become evil;

none of them does anything good.

Not a single person.

1 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.

2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there were any that did understand,

That did seek after God.

3 Every one of them is gone back; they are together become filthy;

There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. 2 God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

1 Godless fools say in their hearts, 

“There is no God.” 

They are corrupt. 

They do disgusting things. 

There is no one who does good things. 

2 God looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants 

to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, 

if there is anyone who seeks help from God. 

3 Everyone has fallen away. 

Together they have become rotten to the core. 

No one, not even one person, does good things. 

1 The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”

They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.

There is no one who does good.

2 God looks down from heaven on the human race

to see if there is one who is wise,

one who seeks God.

3 All have turned away;

all alike have become corrupt.

There is no one who does good,

not even one.

1 Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt, they commit abominable acts;

there is no one who does good.

2 God looks down from heaven on humankind

to see if there are any who are wise,

who seek after God.

3 They have all fallen away, they are all alike perverse;

there is no one who does good,

no, not one.

1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity.

There is none who does good.

2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind

to see whether there is one who has insight,

one who seeks God.

3 All of them have turned back.

They are altogether corrupt.

There is none who does good;

there is not even one.

1 Foolish people say in their hearts,

“There is no God.”

They do all kinds of horrible and evil things.

No one does anything good.

2 God looks down from heaven

on all people.

He wants to see if there are any who understand.

He wants to see if there are any who trust in God.

3 All of them have turned away.

They have all become evil.

No one does anything good,

no one at all.

1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,”

They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;

There is no one who does good.

2 God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men

To see if there is anyone who understands,

Who seeks after God.

3 Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt;

There is no one who does good, not even one.