Psalms 14
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They were corrupted, and they have become abominable in their studies. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good.
2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3 They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; the venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that does good, no, not one.
4 Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5 They have not called upon the Lord. There, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord is with the just generation. You have confounded the counsel of the needy because the Lord is his hope.
All of you have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
7 Who will grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice.
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
