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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.

  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!

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Neeg Tej Kev ua Siab Phem

(Phau Ntawv Nkauj 14)

  1Cov neeg ruam xav hais tias,
   “Tsis muaj Vajtswv.”
  Lawv txhua tus puavleej yog neeg siab phem,
  thiab lawv ua tej uas phem thiab qias kawg nkaus,
  lawv cov ntawd tsis muaj ib tug ua zoo li.

  2Vajtswv nyob saum ntuj ntsia ntsoov
   tuaj rau neeg
  txhua tus saib puas pom muaj ib tug
   txawj ntse thiab pehawm nws.
  3Tiamsis lawv puavleej tig nraubqaum rau Vajtswv,
  lawv txhua tus puavleej ua phem ib yam nkaus.
  Lawv cov ntawd tsis muaj ib tug ua
   zoo, txawm yog ib tug los tsis muaj li.

  4Vajtswv nug hais tias, “Lawv puas paub?
  Cov neeg txhaum ntawd tsis quav ntsej li los?
  Lawv nyiag kuv haivneeg tug, thiab
   lawv tsis pehawm kuv li.”

  5Tiamsis lawv yuav raug tej kev
   txhawj kev ntshai uas lawv yeej tsis tau raug dua li,
  rau qhov Vajtswv yuav muab nws
   haivneeg cov yeebncuab tej pobtxha povtseg.
  Vajtswv tsis lees yuav lawv thiab cov
   Yixalayees yuav yeej lawv.

  6Kuv thov txojkev cawm dim hauv
  lub nroog Xi-oos kom tuaj rau haivneeg Yixalayees!
  Haivneeg Yixalayees yuav zoo siab kawg nkaus
  thaum Vajtswv ua kom lawv rov
   muaj kev vammeej dua ntxiv.