¹ 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.

¹ The fool^(B) says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”^(C)
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

³ They make their tongues as sharp as^(A) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers^(B) is on their lips.^[a]

⁷ Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.^(A)
They pursue evil schemes;^(B)
    acts of violence mark their ways.^(C)

⁸ The way of peace they do not know;^(A)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;^(B)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.^(C)

¹ I have a message from God in my heart
    concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:^[b](A)
There is no fear^(B) of God
    before their eyes.^(C)