14:1 [To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, {a} [There is] no God. They are {b} corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.(a) He shows that the cause of all wickedness if forgetting God.(b) There is nothing but disorder and wickedness among them. read more
14:3 They are {c} all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.(c) David here makes comparisons between the faithful and the reprobate, but Paul speaks the same of all men naturally, Romans 3:10. read more
14:5 {d} There were they in great fear: for God [is] in the generation of the righteous.(d) Where they think themselves most sure. read more
14:6 Ye have {e} shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is] his refuge.(e) You mock them who put their trust in God. read more
14:7 Oh that the salvation of {f} Israel [were come] out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.(f) He prays for the whole Church whom he is assured God will deliver: for no one else but he can do it. read more
Psalms 11:0 A song of trust. The declaration “In the Lord put I my trust” (Psalms 11:1 ) is buttressed by the reason (Psalms 11:7 ), while all between describes the condition in which David finds himself. Urged to flee from his enemies (Psalms 11:1 ), he shows the futility of the attempt (Psalms 11:2 ). The moral foundations are being undermined (Psalms 11:3 ), and only Jehovah is able to discriminate and judge (Psalms 11:4-6 ). Psalms 12:0 The evil speaker. The close relation between this... read more
Withered Hearts Psalms 14:0 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God" ( Psa 14:1 ). The word "fool" has been traced to a term which signifies the act of withering. The sense would be represented by the expression the withered heart hath said there is no God. Though in the Scriptures the term "heart" is often employed as signifying the mind or judgment, yet in this case, judging by the consequences which are detailed, the reference is evidently to the moral nature. A distinction is... read more
CONTENTS This Psalm comes home recommended from the comment the Holy Ghost was pleased to make of it, by the Apostle Paul. Romans 3:10 . The principal subjects of it are; The universal sin of man; his enmity against God; and the prophet's prayer in consequence, that salvation would speedily arise out of Zion. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Psalms 14:1 What an awful state is man reduced to by the Fall! Here we read that the foolish man saith in his heart, There is no God: and in the... read more
It would have been some alleviation of our ruin, had the deadly sin been only here and there in certain instances, or even general in many instances: but when by the divine inquiry we find that the disease is universal, and that all have sinned and come short of God's glory, Reader, behold the misery of nature. Who is there that will venture to make an appeal against the decision? See Proverbs 20:9 ; Romans 3:9-19 . I detain the Reader here to remark, that in our common-prayer translation there... read more
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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 14:1-7
Psalms 14:0 1. The days of Noah repeated (Psalms 14:1-6 ) 2. Salvation and glory (Psalms 14:7 ) Psalms 14:1-6 . As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be when the Son of Man cometh. Here we have a prophetic forecast of these coming days of corruption and violence. Iniquity abounds, wickedness is on all sides. None doeth good, none seeketh after God. While all this is used by the Spirit of God in the Epistle to the Romans to describe the condition of the race at large, here... read more