Psalm 14

This is a note for the worship leader: This is a psalm of David. {Only} foolish people say to themselves, “There is no God!” People who say those things do corrupt deeds; they do detestable deeds; hardly anyone does what is right. \* 2 God looks down from heaven and sees humans; {he looks} to see if there are any wise people, {with the result that they are} wise enough that they desire to know him. 3 But they all do evil and corrupt things; no one does what is right. \* 4 All the people who make a practice of doing wicked things do not take seriously the fact that God is going to punish them! They act violently toward God’s people and want to consume them like they consume bread. These evil people never pray to God. \* 5 {But in the future,} at the place God will judge wicked people, they will become very terrified because God will help those who act righteously. 6 You evil people try to humiliate poor people, but God will protect them. \* 7 I wish that God would come from where he dwells in Jerusalem and rescue us Israelite people! When God blesses us, his people again, then all of us Israelite people will rejoice. \*