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1 Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." Fools are evil and do terrible things; none of them does anything good.
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The fool says in his heart, “There is no God. ”They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.
2 God looked down from heaven on all people to see if anyone was wise, if anyone was looking to God for help.
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God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
3 But all have turned away. Together, everyone has become evil; none of them does anything good. Not a single person.
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They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
4 Don't the wicked understand? They destroy my people as if they were eating bread. They do not ask God for help.
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Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
5 The wicked are filled with terror where there had been nothing to fear. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will defeat them, because God has rejected them.
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There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
6 I pray that victory will come to Israel from Mount Zion! May God bring them back. Then the people of Jacob will rejoice, and the people of Israel will be glad.
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Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.