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Psalms 14

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The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good. Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God. They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, no, not one. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on Yahweh? There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous. You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge. Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

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Psalms 14:4

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"Shall not all, who work iniquity, know?" [Psalm 14:4]. He threatens the judgment. "Who devour My people as the food of bread:" that is, daily. For the food of bread is daily food. Now they devour the people, who serve their own ends out of them, not referring their ministry to the glory of God, and the salvation of those over whom they are.

Exposition on Psalm 14 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"Shall they not." Here he treats of the hope of liberation. And first he shows that the wicked do not have hope, because "shall they not know." Second he shows what this hope is, at "Who shall give from Zion." Concerning the first, he does two things. First he shows that they will not know this hope. Second he sets forth a sign, at "The counsel of the poor man." First he raises a question, and interposes within it the fault of the wicked, and speaks thus. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗