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Psalm 14
New King James Version

### Folly of the Godless, and God’s Final Triumph(A)

#### To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

14 The (B)fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt,
They have done abominable works,
There is none who does good.

2 (C)The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3 (D)They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And (E)do not call on the Lord?
5 There they are in great fear,
For God is with the generation of the righteous.
6 You shame the counsel of the poor,
But the Lord is his (F)refuge.

7 (G)Oh,[a] that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
(H)When the Lord brings back [b]the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 14:7 Lit. Who will give out of Zion the salvation of Israel?
2. Psalm 14:7 Or His captive people

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 14:1 : Ps. 53:1–6
2. Psalm 14:1 : Ps. 10:4; 53:1
3. Psalm 14:2 : Ps. 33:13, 14; 102:19; Rom. 3:11
4. Psalm 14:3 : Rom. 3:12
5. Psalm 14:4 : Ps. 79:6; Is. 64:7; Jer. 10:25; Amos 8:4; Mic. 3:3
6. Psalm 14:6 : Ps. 9:9; 40:17; 46:1; 142:5
7. Psalm 14:7 : Ps. 53:6; [Rom. 11:25–27]
8. Psalm 14:7 : Deut. 30:3; Job 42:10

New King James Version (NKJV)

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