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.

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.

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

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.

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

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.

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

Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?

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

They have not called upon the Lord. There, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear.

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

For the Lord is with the just generation. You have confounded the counsel of the needy 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 grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice.