Psalm 14
GOD’S WORD Translation
For the choir director; by David.
14 Godless fools say in their hearts,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt.
They do disgusting things.
There is no one who does good things.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants
to see if there is anyone who acts wisely,
if there is anyone who seeks help from God.
3 Everyone has turned away.
Together they have become rotten to the core.
No one, not even one person, does good things.
4 Are all those troublemakers,
those who devour my people as if they were devouring food,
so ignorant that they do not call on the Lord?
5 There they are—panic-stricken
because God is with the person who is righteous.
6 They put the advice of oppressed people to shame
because the Lord is their refuge.
7 If only salvation for Israel would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
Jacob will rejoice.
Israel will be glad.
Psalm 14
King James Version
14 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.
5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Psalm 14
Evangelical Heritage Version
Psalm 14
The Fool
(Psalm 53)
Heading
For the choir director. By David.
A Description of the Fool
1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt. They do disgusting things.
There is no one who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven on all the children of Adam
to see if there is anyone who understands, anyone who seeks God.
3 Every one of them has turned away.
Altogether they have become rotten.
There is no one who does good.
There is not even one.
The Final Fate of the Fool
4 Don’t any of these evildoers understand,
those who devour my people as if they were eating bread?
They do not call on the Lord.
5 There they are! They are terrified
because God is present in the circle of the righteous.
6 You try to put the plans of the poor to shame,
but the Lord is their refuge.
Closing Prayer
7 Who will provide salvation for Israel from Zion?[a]
When the Lord restores his people,
let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Footnotes
- Psalm 14:7 Or Oh that salvation for Israel would come from Zion!
Psalmi 14
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Psalmul 14
Către mai-marele cântăreţilor.
Un psalm al lui David
1 Nebunul(A) zice în inima lui: „Nu este Dumnezeu!”
S-au stricat(B) oamenii, fac fapte urâte;
nu este niciunul care să facă binele.
2 Domnul(C) Se uită de la înălţimea cerurilor peste fiii oamenilor,
să vadă de este vreunul care să aibă pricepere
şi care să caute pe Dumnezeu.
3 Dar toţi(D) s-au rătăcit, toţi s-au dovedit nişte netrebnici;
nu este niciunul care să facă binele, niciunul măcar.
4 Şi-au pierdut mintea toţi cei ce săvârşesc fărădelegea,
de mănâncă(E) pe poporul Meu, cum mănâncă pâinea,
şi nu cheamă(F) pe Domnul?
5 Ei vor tremura de spaimă
când Se va arăta Dumnezeu în mijlocul neamului neprihănit.
6 Râdeţi voi de nădejdea celui nenorocit…
dar scăparea lui este Domnul(G).
7 O, de(H) ar porni din Sion izbăvirea lui Israel!…
Când(I) va întoarce Domnul înapoi pe prinşii de război ai poporului Său,
Iacov se va veseli şi Israel se va bucura.
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