Fools in Their Heart Have Said

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 ab­ove

On 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 deeds

Will they no know­ledge gain

Who feed up­on my peo­ple’s woes

And pray­er to God dis­dain?

The day is draw­ing nigh

When they shall fear and quail

For God shall scat­ter and de­stroy

Those who His saints as­sail.

Yea

God will put to shame

And make them flee away

For He will cast them off in wrath

And fill them with dis­may.

O would that Zi­on’s help

Were out of Zi­on come!

O would that God might ear­ly bring

His cap­tive people home!

When God from dist­ant lands

His ex­iled ones shall bring

His peo­ple shall ex­ult­ant be

And glad­ly they shall sing.