For the director of music. According to mahalath. A maskil of David.
1The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no-one who does good.[1]2God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.3Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no-one who does good, not even one.4Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on God.5But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread. God scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God despised them.6Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!