Psalm 14

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.

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Footnotes

Psalm 14:2 Or that act wisely
Psalm 14:6 Or for

Psalm 20:6-9

English Standard Version

⁶Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
    he will answer him from his holy heaven
    with ^(A)the saving might of his right hand.
⁷Some trust in ^(B)chariots and some in ^(C)horses,
    ^(D)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
⁸They collapse and fall,
    but we rise and stand upright.