You have made [a]a mock at the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his trust.

Oh give salvation unto [b]Israel out of Zion: when the Lord turneth the captivity of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Note that of Psalm 14:5-7, which are put into the common translation, and may seem unto some to be left out in this, are not in the same Psalm in the Hebrew text, but rather are put in more fully to express the manners of the wicked, and are gathered out of Psalms 5, 10, 36, 140; Isa. 59, and are alleged by S. Paul, and placed together in Romans 3.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 14:6 You mock them that put their trust in God.
  2. Psalm 14:7 He prayeth for the whole Church whom he is assured God will deliver: for none but he only can do it.

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