Psalms 14:3 - Exposition

They are all gone aside . Haccol ( הַכֹּל ), "the totality"—one and all of them had turned aside, like the Israelites at Sinai ( Exodus 32:8 ); they had quitted the way of righteousness, and turned to wicked courses. The expression "denotes a general—all but universal-corruption" ('Speaker's Commentary'). They are all together become filthy; literally, sour , rancid— like milk that has turned, or butter that has become bad. There is none that doeth good, no, not one. St. Paul's application of this passage ( Romans 3:10-12 ), to prove that "all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (verse 23), goes beyond the intention of the psalmist.