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The Lord looked down from heaven on all people to see if anyone understood, if anyone was looking to God for help.
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But all have turned away. Together, everyone has become evil. There is no one who does anything good, not even one.
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Don't the wicked understand? They destroy my people as if they were eating bread. They do not ask the Lord for help.
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But the wicked are filled with terror, because God is with those who do what is right.
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The wicked upset the plans of the poor, but the Lord will protect them.
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I pray that victory will come to Israel from Mount Zion! May the Lord bring them back. Then the people of Jacob will rejoice, and the people of Israel will be glad. A psalm of David.
To the chief Musician, [a Psalm] of David. The argument of this psalm, according to Theodoret, is Sennacherib's invasion of Judea, when he sent Rabshakeh to Hezekiah, with menaces and curses; upon which Hezekiah implored divine help, and obtained it, and the Assyrian army was destroyed by an angel; of all which he thinks this psalm was prophetic.