Psalm 14-15

English Standard Version

The Fool Says, There Is No God

To the choirmaster. Of David.

14 ^(A)The ^(B)fool says in his heart, ^(C)“There is no God.”
They are ^(D)corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
^(E)there is none who does good.

²The Lord ^(F)looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,^[a]
who ^(G)seek after God.

³They have all turned aside; together they have become ^(H)corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

⁴Have they no ^(I)knowledge, all the evildoers
who ^(J)eat up my people as they eat bread
and ^(K)do not call upon the Lord?

⁵There they are in great terror,
for God is with ^(L)the generation of the righteous.
⁶You would shame the plans of the poor,
but^[b] the Lord is his ^(M)refuge.

⁷Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord ^(N)restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?

A Psalm of David.

15 O Lord, ^(O)who shall sojourn in your ^(P)tent?
Who shall dwell on your ^(Q)holy hill?

²He who ^(R)walks blamelessly and ^(S)does what is right
    and ^(T)speaks truth in his heart;
³who ^(U)does not slander with his tongue
    and does no evil to his neighbor,
    nor ^(V)takes up a reproach against his friend;
⁴^(W)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
    but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who ^(X)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵who ^(Y)does not put out his money at interest
    and ^(Z)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be ^(AA)moved.