Psalms 14
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."
First Book of the Psalms1
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."They are corrupt.They have done abominable deeds.There is no one who does good.
2
The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men,to see if there were any who understood,who sought after God.
3
They have all gone aside.They have together become corrupt.There is no one who does good, no, not one.
4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,who eat up my people as they eat bread,and don't call on The LORD?
5
There they were in great fear,for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6
You frustrate the plan of the poor,because the LORD is his refuge.
7
Ps 14:1-7. The practical atheism and total and universal depravity of the wicked, with their hatred to the good, are set forth. Yet, as they dread God's judgments when He vindicates His people, the Psalmist prays for His delivering power.
1. Sinners are termed "fools," because they think and act contrary to right reason (Ge 34:7; Jos 7:15; Ps 39:8; 74:18, 22).
in his heart--to himself (Ge 6:12).