Psalm 14
The Message
14 Bilious and bloated, they gas,
“God is gone.”
Their words are poison gas,
fouling the air; they poison
Rivers and skies;
thistles are their cash crop.
2 God sticks his head out of heaven.
He looks around.
He’s looking for someone not stupid—
one man, even, God-expectant,
just one God-ready woman.
3 He comes up empty. A string
of zeros. Useless, unshepherded
Sheep, taking turns pretending
to be Shepherd.
The ninety and nine
follow their fellow.
4 Don’t they know anything,
all these predators?
Don’t they know
they can’t get away with this—
Treating people like a fast-food meal
over which they’re too busy to pray?
5-6 Night is coming for them, and nightmares,
for God takes the side of victims.
Do you think you can mess
with the dreams of the poor?
You can’t, for God
makes their dreams come true.
7 Is there anyone around to save Israel?
Yes. God is around; God turns life around.
Turned-around Jacob skips rope,
turned-around Israel sings laughter.
Psalm 14
New International Version
Psalm 14(A)
For the director of music. Of David.
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.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven(C)
on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(D)
any who seek God.(E)
3 All have turned away,(F) all have become corrupt;(G)
there is no one who does good,(H)
not even one.(I)
4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?(J)
Footnotes
- Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.
Salmos 14
Reina Valera Actualizada
El hombre necio y corrupto
14 Al músico principal. Salmo de David.
Dijo el necio en su corazón:
“No hay Dios”.
Se han corrompido;
han hecho cosas abominables. No hay quien haga el bien.
2 El SEÑOR miró desde los cielos sobre los hijos del hombre
para ver si había algún sensato que buscara a Dios.
3 Pero todos se habían desviado;
a una se habían corrompido. No había quien hiciera el bien;
no había ni siquiera uno.
4 ¿Acaso todos los que obran iniquidad no saben que comen a mi pueblo como si fuera pan,
y que al SEÑOR no invocan?
5 Allí temblarán de espanto
porque Dios está con la generación
de los justos.
6 Del consejo del pobre se han mofado pero el SEÑOR es su refugio.
7 ¡Quién hiciera que de Sion viniese
la salvación de Israel!
Cuando el SEÑOR restaure de la cautividad a su pueblo
se gozará Jacob; se alegrará Israel.
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