1 Heb “a fool says in his heart.” The singular is used here in a collective or representative sense; the typical fool is envisioned.
2 “There is no God.” The statement is probably not a philosophical assertion that God does not exist, but rather a confident affirmation that God is unconcerned about how men live morally and ethically (see Ps 10:4, 11).
3 Heb “they act corruptly, they make a deed evil.” The verbs describe the typical behavior of the wicked. The subject of the plural verbs is “sons of man” (v. 2). The entire human race is characterized by sinful behavior. This practical atheism—living as if there is no God who will hold them accountable for their actions—makes them fools, for one of the earmarks of folly is to fail to anticipate the long range consequences of one’s behavior.
4 Heb “there is none that does good.”
5 The picture of the Lord looking down from heaven draws attention to his sovereignty over the world.
6 Heb “upon the sons of man.”
7 Or “acts wisely.” The Hiphil is exhibitive.
8 Anyone who is wise and seeks God refers to the person who seeks to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him.
9 Heb “everyone turns aside.”
10 Heb “together they are corrupt.”
11 Heb “there is none that does good.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;

there is none who does good.

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The fool says in his heart,

“There is no God.”

They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;

there is no one who does good.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.

There is no one who does good.

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

Only fools say in their hearts,

“There is no God.”

They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;

not one of them does good!

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!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

They are corrupt.

They do abominable deeds.

There is none who does good.

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

They are corrupt, they have done abominable works,

There is none that doeth good.

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.

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