1   
Fools say to themselves,
  “There is no God!”
They are all corrupt,
  and they have done terrible things;
  there is no one who does what is right.

2   
The Lord looks down from heaven at mankind
  to see if there are any who are wise,
  any who worship him.

3   
But they have all gone wrong;
  they are all equally bad.
Not one of them does what is right,
  not a single one. ^note

4   
“Don't they know?” asks the Lord.
  “Are all these evildoers ignorant?
They live by robbing my people,
  and they never pray to me.”

5   
But then they will be terrified,
  for God is with those who obey him.

6   
Evildoers frustrate the plans of the humble man,
  but the Lord is his protection.

7   
How I pray that victory
  will come to Israel from Zion.
How happy the people of Israel will be
  when the Lord makes them prosperous again!

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