² Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

¹³ Jehovah looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men;

¹⁴ From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,

¹² And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

⁶ And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing `unto him'; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and `that' he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

¹¹ There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

³ Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.

⁴ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

¹⁰ Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.

¹⁵ For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

⁵⁰ Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven.

²² For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

¹ Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,

¹⁵ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

⁶ Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

²¹ I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

¹⁹ that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though `he be' not `cleansed' according to the purification of the sanctuary.

³² The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

⁵ They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶ A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

¹⁹ For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

²⁰ To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

⁴³ Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah. Psalm 108 A Song, A Psalm of David.

⁹ Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, `yea', every good path.

⁵ O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

¹⁹ And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living `should they seek' unto the dead?

¹¹ When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

⁵ And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.