| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1To the Chief Musician. [i]A Psalm[/i] of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good. | 1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. |
| 2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. | 2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. |
| 3They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. | 3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. |
| 4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call on the LORD? | 4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. |
| 5There they are in great fear, For God is with the generation of the righteous. | 5There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. |
| 6You shame the counsel of the poor, But the LORD is his refuge. | 6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. |
| 7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. | 7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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