(A)The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (B)intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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God looks down from heaven
    on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand,[a]
    who seek after God.

They have all fallen away;
    together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
    not even one.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 53:2 Or who act wisely

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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18 Let this be (A)recorded for (B)a generation to come,
    so that (C)a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
19 that he (D)looked down from his holy height;
    from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
20 to hear (E)the groans of the prisoners,
    to set free (F)those who were doomed to die,

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18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.

19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

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