Good News Translation GNT
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 Fools say to themselves, "There is no God!" They are all corrupt, and they have done terrible things; there is no one who does what is right.
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To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none that does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven at us humans to see if there are any who are wise, any who worship him.
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The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any that act wisely, that seek after God.
3 But they have all gone wrong; they are all equally bad. Not one of them does what is right, not a single one.
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They have all gone astray, they are all alike corrupt; there is none that does good, no, not one.
4 "Don't they know?" asks the Lord. "Are all these evildoers ignorant? They live by robbing my people, and they never pray to me."
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Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the LORD?
5 But then they will be terrified, for God is with those who obey him.
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There they shall be in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
6 Evildoers frustrate the plans of the humble, but the Lord is their protection.
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You would confound the plans of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.
7 How I pray that victory will come to Israel from Zion. How happy the people of Israel will be when the Lord makes them prosperous again!
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O that deliverance for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.