Psalms 14

1 [For the Chief Musician. By David.] The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable works. There is none who does good.

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.

2 YHWH looks down from heaven on the descendants of Adam, to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God.

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

3 They have all turned away. They have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

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

4 Have all evildoers no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread? They do not call on YHWH.

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

5 There they are utterly terrified, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

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

6 You would frustrate the plans of the lowly, but YHWH is his refuge.

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

7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion. When YHWH restores the fortunes of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.

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