To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, "[There is] no God." They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.

They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; [There is] none who does good, No, not one.

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every intent of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

How much less man, [who is] abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water!

If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

for you are still carnal. For where [there are] envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like [mere] men?

that he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

For we [have spent] enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles -- when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.

Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You!

When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,

To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,

Who rejoice in doing evil, [And] delight in the perversity of the wicked;

But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' "

Jesus said to him, "It is written again, 'You shall not tempt the LORD your God.' "

Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.' "

"Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew [is] Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.