Psalms 14
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Psalm 14
Folly and Wickedness of Men.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1The [spiritually ignorant] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed repulsive and unspeakable deeds;
There is no one who does good. [Rom 3:10]
2The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the children of men
To see if there are any who understand (act wisely),
Who [truly] seek after God, [longing for His wisdom and guidance].
3They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one. [Rom 3:11, 12]
4¶Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?
5There they tremble with great fear,
For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.
6You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor,
But the Lord is his safe refuge.
7¶Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord restores His captive people,
Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad. [Rom 11:25-27]
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Psalms 14
14
(A psalm by David for the music leader.)
No One Can Ignore the Lord
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Ro 3.10-12. Only a fool would say,
“There is no God!”
People like that are worthless;
they are heartless and cruel
and never do right.
2From heaven the Lord
looks down to see
if anyone is wise enough
to search for him.
3But all of them are corrupt;
no one does right.
4Won't you evil people learn?
You refuse to pray,
and you gobble up
the Lord's people.
5But you will be frightened,
because God is on the side
of every good person.
6You may spoil the plans
of the poor,
but the Lord protects them.
7I long for someone from Zion
to come and save Israel!
Our Lord, when you bless
your people again,
Jacob's family will be glad,
and Israel will celebrate.
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