In finem. Psalmus David.
Dixit insipiens in corde suo: Non est Deus. Corrupti sunt, et abominabiles facti sunt in studiis suis; non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.

Unto 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.

(To the choir-master. Of David.)
There is no God above us, is the fond thought of reckless hearts; warped natures everywhere and hateful lives! There is not an innocent man among them.

Dominus de cælo prospexit super filios hominum, ut videat si est intelligens, aut requirens Deum.

The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God.

The Lord looks down from heaven at the race of men, to find one soul that reflects, and makes God its aim;

Omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt. Non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum. Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum; linguis suis dolose agebant. Venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum, quorum os maledictione et amaritudine plenum est; veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem. Contritio et infelicitas in viis eorum, et viam pacis non cognoverunt; non est timor Dei ante oculos eorum.

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.

but no, all have missed the mark and rebelled against him; an innocent man is nowhere to be found.

Nonne cognoscent omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, qui devorant plebem meam sicut escam panis?

Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread?

What, can they learn nothing, all these traffickers in iniquity, who feed themselves fat on this people of mine, as if it were bread for their eating,

Dominum non invocaverunt; illic trepidaverunt timore, ubi non erat timor.

They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.

and never invoke the Lord’s name? What wonder if fear unmans them, when the Lord takes the part of the innocent?

Quoniam Dominus in generatione justa est: consilium inopis confudistis, quoniam Dominus spes ejus est.

For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is his hope.

Easily you thought to outwit the friendless; see, the Lord is his refuge!

Quis dabit ex Sion salutare Israël? Cum averterit Dominus captivitatem plebis suæ, exsultabit Jacob, et lætabitur Israël.

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.

Oh, that it might dawn over Sion, Israel’s deliverance! Day of gladness for Jacob, day of Israel’s triumph, when the Lord restores the fortunes of his own people.