Psalmorum 14

1 Psalmus David, in finem. Dixit insipiens in corde suo: Non est Deus. Corrupti sunt, et abominabiles facti sunt in studiis suis: non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.

[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.

2 Dominus de caelo prospexit super filios hominum, ut videat si est intelligens, aut requirens Deum.

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

3 Omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt: non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum. Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum: linguis suis dolose agebant, venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum. Quorum os maledictione et amaritudine plenum est: veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem. Contritio et infelicitas in viis eorum, et viam pacis non cognoverunt: non est timor Dei ante oculos eorum.

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

4 Nonne cognoscent omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, qui devorant plebem meam sicut escam panis?

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

5 Dominum non invocaverunt, illic trepidaverunt timore, ubi non erat timor.

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

6 Quoniam Dominus in generatione iusta est, consilium inopis confudistis, quoniam Dominus spes eius est.

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

7 Quis dabit ex Sion salutare Israel? cum averterit Dominus captivitatem plebis suae, exultabit Iacob, et laetabitur Israel.

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.