Setting
The fool speaks in his heart;
Free Church of Scotland psalter · S.M.
The words
The fool speaks in his heart; “There is no God,” he says. They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; none walk in godly ways.
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the human race To see if any understand, if any seek God’s face.
They all have turned aside; corrupt they have become. Not one of them does any good— no, not a single one.
Will sinners never learn? My people they’ve devoured As if they were consuming bread; they never seek the LORD.
But see that evil crowd! They are struck down with dread, Although they thought within their hearts they would have ease instead.
The bones of all your foes were scattered far abroad; And you have put them all to shame— they were despised by God.
May help from Zion come! The LORD his captives bring! And then let Jacob’s tribes be glad; for joy let Israel sing!
Source & provenance
Free Church of Scotland psalter · psalter
An unedited transcription of the Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003) edition.
Full provenance & rights
- Base edition
- Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003)
- Editor
- Psalmody Committee of the Free Church of Scotland
- Editing
- unedited transcription
Rights
- Copyright
- rights-verified (display held); FCS terms recorded 2026-10-08 — verbatim text in a notated setting with independent tune MIDI is within terms (text free, FCS attribution displayed); copy/print/offline not granted; no audio derivatives
- Access
- free
- Display
- permitted
Tunes it can be sung to
2 tunes
Song 20
curated well-matchedSM
St. Bride
curated well-matchedSM
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