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There Is None Who Does Good

53To the choirmaster: according to pMahalath. A Maskil1 of David.

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

They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;

there is none who does good.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Probably musical or liturgical terms

Cross references

  1. pPs. 88, title
  2. qFor ver. 1–6, see Ps. 14:1–7

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the director of music. According to mahalath. A maskil of David.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Maskil of David.

The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.”

They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.

There is no one who does good.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the choir director: A meditation; a psalm of David.

Only fools say in their hearts,

“There is no God.”

They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;

not one of them does good!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the music director, according to Mahalath.

A maskil of David.

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

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.