2The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind
    to see if there are any who are wise,
    who seek after God.

3They have all gone astray, they are all alike perverse;
    there is no one who does good,
    no, not one.

4Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
    who eat up my people as they eat bread,
    and do not call upon the Lord?

5There they shall be in great terror,
    for God is with the company of the righteous.
6You would confound the plans of the poor,
    but the Lord is their refuge.

7O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!
    When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
    Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.