Psalms 13
Dixit insipiens. The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ.
U nto the end, a psalm for David. The fool hath said in his heart:
There is no God. They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: there is none that doth good, no not one.
2 The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
to see if there be any that understand and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together:
there is none that doth good: no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully: the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.
4 Shall not all they know that work iniquity,
who devour my people as they eat bread?
5 They have not called upon the Lord:
there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.
6 For the Lord is in the just generation:
you have confounded the counsel of the poor man; but the Lord is his hope.
7 Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people,
Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.