Psalm 14
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Chapter overview
Psalm 14 calls practical corruption foolish because it denies accountability through conduct. Widespread wrongdoing harms the poor, yet God is present with the righteous and remains their refuge and promised deliverer.
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1TO THE OVERSEER. BY DAVID. A fool has said in his heart, “There is no God”; They have done corruptly, || They have done abominable actions, || There is not a doer of good.
2YHWH has looked from the heavens on the sons of men, || To see if there is a wise one—seeking God.
3The whole have turned aside, || Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.
4Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, || They have not called YHWH.
5They have feared a fear there, || For God [is] in the generation of the righteous.
6You cause the counsel of the poor to stink, || Because YHWH [is] his refuge.
7“Who gives the salvation of Israel from Zion?” When YHWH turns back || [To] a captivity of His people, || Jacob rejoices—Israel is glad!
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