⁷ Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.^(A)
They pursue evil schemes;^(B)
    acts of violence mark their ways.^(C)
8 The way of peace they do not know;^(D)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;^(E)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.^(F)

¹ The fool^[a] says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”^(B)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.