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Without respect for neighbors, without respect for God.
1 The fool says in his heart,
“God does not exist.”
All have strayed, all are perverted,
there is no one who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven
upon the race of Adam,
to see if there are any
who seek God and act wisely.
3 They have all turned aside:
corrupt – all of them alike.
4 Will they ever learn – these doers of evil?
For they devour my people,
– that is their food –
and do not call upon the Lord.
5 But suddenly terror strikes them:
God was on the side of the just!
6 You may confound the hope of the poor,
but the Lord is their refuge.
7 Oh would that I see
Israel’s salvation coming from Zion!
When the Lord brings home the exiles,
what joy it will be for Jacob,
what happiness for Israel!
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