Psalm 14

A Portrait of Sinners

For the choir director. Of David.

The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.”(A)
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.
The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race[a](B)
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.
All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:2 Or the descendants of Adam

Psalm 14(A)

For the director of music. Of David.

The fool[a] says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”(B)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven(C)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(D)
    any who seek God.(E)
All have turned away,(F) all have become corrupt;(G)
    there is no one who does good,(H)
    not even one.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.

30 I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall(A) and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it,(B) but I found no one.

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30 “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall(A) and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.(B)

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10 as it is written:

There is no one righteous, not even one.

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10 As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;

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