Dixit insipiens.
The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ.
13:1. 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.
13:2. The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
to see if there be any that understand and seek God.
13:3. 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.
13:4. Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people
as they eat bread?
13:5. They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for
fear, where there was no fear.
13:6. For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the
counsel of the poor man; but the Lord is his hope.
13:7. 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.