Psalm 14:3-7

3 All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

4 Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the LORD.

5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.

6 You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

Psalm 14:3-7 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.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Samuel 8:3; 1 Timothy 5:15
• 2. 2 Peter 2:7; Psalms 58:3
• 3. 1 Kings 8:46; Psalms 143:2; Ecclesiastes 7:20
• 4. Romans 3:10-12*
• 5. Psalms 82:5; Jeremiah 4:22
• 6. Psalms 27:2; Micah 3:3
• 7. Psalms 79:6; Isaiah 64:7; Isaiah 65:1; Jeremiah 10:25; Hosea 7:7
• 8. S 2 Samuel 22:3; Psalms 9:9; Psalms 40:17
• 9. Psalms 2:6
• 10. S Deuteronomy 30:3; S Jeremiah 48:47; Psalms 53:6