Psalm 14

Psalm 14

Denunciation of Godlessness

To the leader. Of David.

¹Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds;

there is no one who does good.^*

²The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind

to see if there are any who are wise,

who seek after God.^*

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

there is no one who does good,

no, not one.^*

⁴Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers

who eat up my people as they eat bread

and do not call upon the Lord?^*

⁵There they shall be in great terror,

for God is with the company of the righteous.^*

⁶You would confound the plans of the poor,

but the Lord is their refuge.^*

⁷O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!

When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,

Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.^*