Ps 14:1
14:1 <> 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.

Ps 14:3
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, Ro 3:10.

Ps 14:5
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.

Ps 14:6
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.

Ps 14:7
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.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.