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To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
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Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.
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The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.
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Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.
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There they have feared a fear, For God [is] in the generation of the righteous.
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The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah [is] his refuge.
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.