¹For the leader. On machalat. A maskil of David:

²A brutish fool tells himself,

“There isn’t any God.”

Such people are depraved, all their deeds are vile,

not one of them does what is good.

³God looks out from heaven

upon the human race

to see if even one is wise,

if even one seeks God.

⁴Every one of them is unclean,

altogether corrupt;

not one of them does what is good,

not a single one.

⁵Won’t these evildoers ever learn?

They devour my people

as if they were eating bread,

and they never call on God!

⁶They will be gripped with terror,

even though now they are not afraid;

for God will scatter the bones

of him who is besieging you.

You are putting them to shame,

because God has rejected them.

⁷If only salvation for Isra’el

would come out of Tziyon!

When God restores his people’s fortunes,

what joy for Ya‘akov! what gladness for Isra’el!