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1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, "[There is] no God." They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3 They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; [There is] none who does good, No, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And do not call on the LORD?
5 There they are in great fear, For God [is] with the generation of the righteous.
6 You shame the counsel of the poor, But the LORD [is] his refuge.
7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel [would come] out of Zion! When the LORD brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice [and] Israel be glad.
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