For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works;
There is none that doeth good.
Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there were any that did {Or, deal wisely}understand,
That did seek after God.
They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy;
There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And call not upon Jehovah?
There were they in great fear;
For God is in the generation of the righteous.
Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor,
{Or, But}Because Jehovah is his refuge.
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!
When Jehovah {Or, returned to}bringeth back the captivity of his people,
Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Querverweise zu Psalm 14,2 Ps 14,2
Jehovah looketh from heaven;He beholdeth all the sons of men;
They know not, neither do they understand;They walk to and fro in darkness:All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
The meek have seen it, and are glad:Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
From the place of his habitation he looketh forthUpon all the inhabitants of the earth,
Whoso is wise will give heed to these things;And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice,And equity, yea, every good path.
that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
To hear the sighing of the prisoner;To loose {Hebrew: the children of death.}those that are appointed to death;
O ye simple, understand prudence;And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?
And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither;And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might {Or, flow down}quake at thy presence, {[Chapter 64:1 in Hebrew]}
Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but {Or, the teachers}they that are wise shall understand.
Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven.
For this people's heart is waxed gross,And their ears are dull of hearing,And their eyes they have closed;Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes,And hear with their ears,And understand with their heart,And should turn again,And I should heal them.
There is none that understandeth,There is none that seeketh after God;