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1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
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[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
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Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.
3 All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
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All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.
4 Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the LORD.
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All who do evil--do they not know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on Yahweh.
5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.
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There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.
6 You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.
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You would put to shame [the] plan of [the] poor, because Yahweh [is] his refuge.
7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
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{Oh that from Zion} [would come] salvation [for] Israel! When Yahweh returns the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be happy.
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