¹ Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.^(B)

¹ The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.^(B)
2 God looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.^(C)
3 All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.^(D)

² Godly people have vanished from the land;^(A)
there is no one upright among the people.^(B)
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;^(C)
they hunt each other with a net.^(D)