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1
A fool says in his heart,
"There is no God."
They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity;
there is no one who does good.
2
God looks down from heaven
on the children of mankind
to see if there are any who understand,
who seek after him.
3
They have all turned away. Together they have become corrupt.
There is not one who does good,
not even one.
4
Do those who behave wickedly have no understanding—
those who devour my people as if they were eating bread
and they do not call on God?
5
There they are, in great fear,
where there was nothing to cause them to be afraid;
for God will scatter the bones of those who encamp against you;
you put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.
6
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion!
When God brings back his people from the captivity,
then Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad!