¹The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

¹Untuk pemimpin kor. Mazmur Daud. Orang dungu berkata dalam hati, "Tidak ada Allah." Perbuatan mereka jahat dan keji tidak ada yang berbuat baik.

²The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

²Dari surga TUHAN memandang umat manusia untuk mencari orang bijak yang menyembah Dia.

³They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

³Tetapi semua orang sudah menyeleweng dan bejat, tak ada seorang pun yang berbuat baik.

⁴Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

⁴Kata TUHAN, "Tak sadarkah orang-orang jahat itu? Mereka hidup dengan merampasi umat-Ku dan tak pernah berdoa kepada-Ku."

⁵There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

⁵Orang jahat akan sangat ketakutan, sebab Allah melindungi orang yang taat kepada-Nya.

⁶Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

⁶Orang jahat mau merintangi orang miskin, tetapi TUHAN menjadi pelindungnya.

⁷Oh 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.

⁷Semoga dari Sion datang keselamatan bagi Israel! Maka keturunan Yakub akan bersukacita bila TUHAN memulihkan keadaan umat-Nya.