¹ Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.^[a](B)

¹ The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.^(B)
2 God looks down from heaven on the human race^[a]
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.^(C)
3 All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.^(D)

² Faithful people have vanished from the land;^(A)
there is no one upright among the people.^(B)
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;^(C)
they hunt each other with a net.^(D)

There is no one righteous, not even one.
¹¹ There is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
¹² All have turned away;
all alike have become worthless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.^[a](A)