For the choir director. Davidic.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:

Fools suffered affliction
because of their rebellious ways and their sins.

“How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?

Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,
for anger abides in the heart of fools.

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So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;
they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.

For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,

General references

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent?

Because of this, the king became violently angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.