14:1   Fools say to themselves, "There is no God!" They are all corrupt, and they have done terrible things; there is no one who does what is right.

14:2   The LORD looks down from heaven at us humans to see if there are any who are wise, any who worship him.

14:3   But they have all gone wrong; they are all equally bad. Not one of them does what is right, not a single one.

14:4   "Don't they know?" asks the LORD. "Are all these evildoers ignorant? They live by robbing my people, and they never pray to me."

14:5   But then they will be terrified, for God is with those who obey him.

14:6   Evildoers frustrate the plans of the humble, but the LORD is their protection.

14:7   How I pray that victory will come to Israel from Zion. How happy the people of Israel will be when the LORD makes them prosperous again!