For the director of music. According to mahalath. A maskil of David.
1 The fool says in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there is no one who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven
on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,
any who seek God.
3 Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.
4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?
They devour my people as though eating bread;
they never call on God.
5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
where there was nothing to dread.
God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
you put them to shame, for God despised them.
6 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores his people,
let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Our God is a Moral God...
Do we seek God with our hearts?...Do we wish to understand Him?...Do we even want Him in our lives today?...Do we just want God a little in our lives, or just partly in our lives -and then we will do the rest?...So do we really seek God or is it Him who seeks the lost?...It is human nature to be disobedient...That is how we fell from grace, and original sin entered our world...Sin has proven to harm others...And sin breaks the natural and moral laws and attributes of God...
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”...They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good...God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God...Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one...Do all these evildoers know nothing?...They devour My people as though eating bread; they never call on God...But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread...God scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God despised them...Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!...When God restores His people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!...
Even with our best of efforts, we fall short of God...By grace we are saved...And we can see by our sinful nature, that grace must be there...Grace is necessary if we want to meet God...