Folly of the Godless, and God’s Final Triumph
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 The afool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt,
They have done abominable works,
There is none who does good.
2 bThe Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3 cThey have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And ddo not call on the Lord?
5 There they are in great fear,
For God is with the generation of the righteous.
6 You shame the counsel of the poor,
But the Lord is his erefuge.
7 fOh, 1that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
gWhen the Lord brings back 2the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.
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