“They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
The reflection that all have turned aside and become corrupt and there is none who does good establishes universal human depravity. The turning aside suggests deliberate deviation from the right way, making corruption not accident but choice. The phrase none who does good mirrors language from elsewhere in wisdom literature suggesting that moral perfection is impossible for humans. This verse establishes the theological conviction that humanity universally falls short of divine standards.
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