Psalms 14

1 TO THE OVERSEER. BY DAVID. A fool has said in his heart, “There is no God”; They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

For the end, Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted [themselves], and become abominable in their devices; there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.

2 YHWH has looked from the heavens on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one—seeking God.

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after god.

3 The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

4 Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, They have not called YHWH.

Will not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon the Lord.

5 They have feared a fear there, For God [is] in the generation of the righteous.

There were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear; for God is in the righteous generation.

6 You cause the counsel of the poor to stink, Because YHWH [is] his refuge.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope.

7 “Who gives the salvation of Israel from Zion?” When YHWH turns back [To] a captivity of His people, Jacob rejoices—Israel is glad!

Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? when the Lord brings back the captivity of his people, let Jacob exult, and Israel be glad.