2 The Lord looks down from heaven

on all mankind

to see if there are any who understand,

any who seek God.

3 All have turned away, all have become corrupt;

there is no one who does good,

not even one.

4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?

They devour my people as though eating bread;

they never call on the Lord.

5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,

for God is present in the company of the righteous.

2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

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

3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:

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

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And call not upon the Lord.

5 There were they in great fear:

For God is in the generation of the righteous.

2 The Lord 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!

4 Will those who do evil never learn?

They eat up my people like bread

and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.

5 Terror will grip them,

for God is with those who obey him.

2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,

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

3 They have all turned aside,

They have together become corrupt;

There is none who does good,

No, not one.

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?

5 There they are in great fear,

For God is with the generation of the righteous.

2 The Lord looked down from heaven on all people

to see if anyone understood,

if anyone was looking to God for help.

3 But all have turned away.

Together, everyone has become evil.

There is no one who does anything good,

not even one.

4 Don’t the wicked understand?

They destroy my people as if they were eating bread.

They do not ask the Lord for help.

5 But the wicked are filled with terror,

because God is with those who do what is right.

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

To see if there were any that did understand,

That did seek after God.

3 They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy;

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

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And call not upon Jehovah?

5 There were they in great fear;

For God is in the generation of the righteous.

2 Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 3 They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah. 5 There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

2 The Lord 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 turned away. 

Together they have become rotten to the core. 

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

4 Are all those troublemakers, 

those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, 

so ignorant that they do not call on the Lord? 

5 There they are—panic-stricken 

because God is with the person who is righteous. 

2 The Lord 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.

4 Will evildoers never understand?

They consume My people as they consume bread;

they do not call on the Lord.

5 Then they will be filled with terror,

for God is with those who are righteous.

2 The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind

to see if there are any who are wise,

who seek after God.

3 They have all gone astray, they are all alike perverse;

there is no one who does good,

no, not one.

4 Have 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 shall be in great terror,

for God is with the company of the righteous.

2 Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind

to see whether there is one who has insight,

one who cares about God.

3 All have gone astray;

they are altogether corrupt.

There is not one who does good;

there is not even one.

4 All who do evil—do they not know,

they who eat my people as though they were eating bread?

They do not call on Yahweh.

5 There they are very fearful

because God is with the generation of the righteous.

2 The Lord 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.

4 Won’t those who do evil ever learn?

They eat up my people as if they were eating bread.

They don’t call out to the Lord for help.

5 Just look at them! They are filled with terror

because God is among those who do right.

2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men

To see if there are any who understand,

Who seek after God.

3 They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;

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

4 Do all the workers of wickedness not know,

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And do not call upon the Lord?

5 There they are in great dread,

For God is with the righteous generation.