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Psalm 14:2–5

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2The 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. 

3Everyone has turned away. 

Together they have become rotten to the core. 

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

4Are all those troublemakers, 

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

so ignorant that they do not call on the Lord? 

5There they are—panic-stricken 

because God is with the person who is righteous. 

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,

to see if there are any who understand,

who seek after God.

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

there is none who does good,

not even one.

Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers

who eat up my people as they eat bread

and do not call upon the Lord?

There they are in great terror,

for God is with the generation of the righteous.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord looks down from heaven

on all mankind

to see if there are any who understand,

any who seek God.

All have turned away, all have become corrupt;

there is no one who does good,

not even one.

Do all these evildoers know nothing?

They devour my people as though eating bread;

they never call on the Lord.

But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,

for God is present in the company of the righteous.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race

to see if there is one who is wise,

one who seeks God.

All have turned away;

all alike have become corrupt.

There is no one who does good,

not even one.

Will evildoers never understand?

They consume my people as they consume bread;

they do not call on the Lord.

Then they will be filled with dread,

for God is with those who are righteous.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord looks down from heaven

on the entire human race;

he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,

if anyone seeks God.

But no, all have turned away;

all have become corrupt.

No one does good,

not a single one!

Will those who do evil never learn?

They eat up my people like bread

and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.

Terror will grip them,

for God is with those who obey him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind

to see whether there is one who has insight,

one who cares about God.

All have gone astray;

they are altogether corrupt.

There is not one who does good;

there is not even one.

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.

There they are very fearful

because God is with the generation of the righteous.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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

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

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

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And call not upon the Lord.

There were they in great fear:

For God is in the generation of the righteous.