The fool says there is no God
							
																								
								(Psalm 53:1-6; Isaiah 59:1-17; Romans 3:9-20)							
																								
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									 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.
								
							 
																								
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									The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.
								
							 
																								
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									They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, no, not one.
								
							 
																								
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									Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on the LORD?
								
							 
																								
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									There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
								
							 
																								
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									You frustrate the plan of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
								
							 
																								
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									Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.