Psalm 14

PSALM 14

Folly and Wickedness of Men.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

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

They are corrupt, they have committed abominable ¹deeds;

There is ^bno one who does good.

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

To see if there are any who ^1bunderstand,

Who ^cseek after God.

³They have all ^aturned aside, together they have become corrupt;

There is ^bno one who does good, not even one.

⁴Do all the workers of wickedness ^anot know,

Who ^beat up my people as they eat bread,

And ^cdo not call upon the Lord?

⁵There they are in great dread,

For God is with the ^arighteous generation.

⁶You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,

But the Lord is his ^arefuge.

⁷Oh, that ^athe salvation of Israel ¹would come out of Zion!

When the Lord ^2brestores His captive people,

Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.