The Natural Man
For the Chief Musician. By David.
1 The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds.
There is no one who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of men,
to see if there are any who understand,
who seek after God.
3 They have all gone astray.
They have together become corrupt.
There is no one who does good, no, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
who consume my people like they eat bread,
and do not call on the Lord?
5 There they were in great fear,
for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6 You frustrate the plan of the poor,
because the Lord is his refuge.
7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.