| Fools in their heart have said,There is no God of might;
 Corrupt are they and base their deeds,
 In evil they delight.
 God looked from Heav’n aboveOn all the human race
 To see if any understood,
 If any sought His face.
 They all are gone aside,Corruption doth abound;
 There is not one that doeth good,
 Not even one is found.
 These men of evil deedsWill they no knowledge gain,
 Who feed upon my people’s woes
 And prayer to God disdain?
 The day is drawing nighWhen they shall fear and quail
 For God shall scatter and destroy
 Those who His saints assail.
 Yea, God will put to shameAnd make them flee away,
 For He will cast them off in wrath
 And fill them with dismay.
 O would that Zion’s helpWere out of Zion come!
 O would that God might early bring
 His captive people home!
 When God from distant landsHis exiled ones shall bring,
 His people shall exultant be,
 And gladly they shall sing.
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