Psalm 14-16

English Standard Version

The Fool Says, There Is No God

To the choirmaster. Of David.

14 ^(A)The ^(B)fool says in his heart, ^(C)“There is no God.”
They are ^(D)corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
^(E)there is none who does good.

²The Lord ^(F)looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,^[a]
who ^(G)seek after God.

³They have all turned aside; together they have become ^(H)corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

⁴Have they no ^(I)knowledge, all the evildoers
who ^(J)eat up my people as they eat bread
and ^(K)do not call upon the Lord?

⁵There they are in great terror,
for God is with ^(L)the generation of the righteous.
⁶You would shame the plans of the poor,
but^[b] the Lord is his ^(M)refuge.

⁷Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord ^(N)restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?

A Psalm of David.

15 O Lord, ^(O)who shall sojourn in your ^(P)tent?
Who shall dwell on your ^(Q)holy hill?

²He who ^(R)walks blamelessly and ^(S)does what is right
    and ^(T)speaks truth in his heart;
³who ^(U)does not slander with his tongue
    and does no evil to his neighbor,
    nor ^(V)takes up a reproach against his friend;
⁴^(W)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
    but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who ^(X)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵who ^(Y)does not put out his money at interest
    and ^(Z)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be ^(AA)moved.

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A ^(AB)Miktam^[c] of David.

16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I ^(AC)take refuge.
²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
^(AD)I have no good apart from you.”

³As for ^(AE)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.^[d]

⁴The sorrows of those who run after^[e] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or ^(AF)take their names on my lips.

⁵The Lord is ^(AG)my chosen portion and my ^(AH)cup;
you hold my ^(AI)lot.
⁶^(AJ)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷I bless the Lord who ^(AK)gives me counsel;
in ^(AL)the night also my ^(AM)heart instructs me.^[f]
⁸^(AN)I have ^(AO)set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my ^(AP)right hand, I shall not be ^(AQ)shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my ^(AR)whole being^[g] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
¹⁰For you will not abandon my soul to ^(AS)Sheol,
^(AT)or let your ^(AU)holy one see ^(AV)corruption.^[h]

¹¹You make known to me ^(AW)the path of life;
in your presence there is ^(AX)fullness of joy;
at your right hand are ^(AY)pleasures forevermore.

Footnotes

Psalm 14:2 Or that act wisely
Psalm 14:6 Or for
Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire
Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit