Psalms 14:1-6

1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is no one that does good.

2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God.

3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is no one that does good, no, not one.

4 The workers of iniquity certainly know this; those who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD.

5 There they were in great fear: for God is with the nation of the righteous.

6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor because the LORD is his hope.

Psalms 14:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, [a Psalm] of David. The argument of this psalm, according to Theodoret, is Sennacherib's invasion of Judea, when he sent Rabshakeh to Hezekiah, with menaces and curses; upon which Hezekiah implored divine help, and obtained it, and the Assyrian army was destroyed by an angel; of all which he thinks this psalm was prophetic.