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Psalms 14
Psalms
Chapter 14
14
1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
2Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
3They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my peopleasthey eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?
5There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.
6Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.
7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, andIsrael shall be glad.
What is Psalms 14 about?
Broadening from personal lament to the state of all mankind, the fourteenth psalm opens with the fool who says in his heart, 'There is no God,' and lives as though it were true. Looking down from heaven, the LORD sees that all have turned aside and become corrupt, that there is none that does good, no, not one, while the workers of iniquity devour His people and mock the counsel of the poor. Yet God is with the generation of the righteous and is their refuge, and the psalm ends longing for salvation to come out of Zion for His people. Its verdict on universal sin, later taken up by the apostle Paul, prepares the way for the gospel by showing that deliverance must come from God alone.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 14