Folly of the Godless, and God’s Final Triumph

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

14 The fool has said in his heart,“There is no God.”They are corrupt,They have done abominable works,There is none who does good.

² The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.³ They have all turned aside,They have together become corrupt;There is none who does good,No, not one.

⁴ Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,Who eat up my people as they eat bread,And do not call on the Lord?⁵ There they are in great fear,For God is with the generation of the righteous.⁶ You shame the counsel of the poor,But the Lord is his refuge.

⁷ Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!When the Lord brings back the captivity of His people,Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.