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PSALM XIV
_The sentiments of atheists and deists, who deny the doctrine_
_of a Divine providence. Their character: they are corrupt,_
_foolish, abominable, and cruel_, 1-4.
_God fills them with te...
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THE FOOL - The word “fool” is often used in the Scriptures to
denote a wicked man - as sin is the essence of folly. Compare Job
2:10; Psalms 74:18; Genesis 34:7;...
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Psalms 14
_ 1. The days of Noah repeated (Psalms 14:1)_
2. Salvation and glory (Psalms 14:7)
Psalms 14:1. As it was in the days of Noah so shal
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PSA 14. and 53. This Ps. occurs twice in the Psalter, and an
examination of the double form in which we have it, is important for
the light it throws on the value of MT. It proves that the text
presen...
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TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64.
THE FOOL: i.e. the impious man. Compare Psalms 10:4; Psalms 53:1.
NO. no sign of a.
GOD*. The primitive text was "Jehovah" (App-4.), but the _Sopherim_
say that th...
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_The fool_ A class of men, not a particular individual. The word
_nâbâl_here used for _fool_denotes moral perversity, not mere
ignorance or weakness of reason. -Folly" is the opposite of -wisdom"
in i...
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The universal depravity of mankind, and its cause....
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_David describeth the corruption of a natural man: he convinceth the
wicked by the light of their conscience: he glorieth in the salvation
of God._
To the chief musician. _A Psalm_ of David.
_TITLE._...
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PSALMS 14
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Vile Person's Testimony to Prevalent Wickedness, when
confirmed by Jehovah, occasions Warning and Prayer.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I. (Psalms 14:1), An Impious Man revels in Wi...
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_THE FOOL HATH SAID IN HIS HEART, THERE IS NO GOD. THEY ARE CORRUPT,
THEY HAVE DONE ABOMINABLE WORKS, THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD._
This psalm is probably altered by David from his 53rd Psalm, to fi...
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14:1 (o-0) With this Psalm compare Psalms 53 . fool (p-10) _ Nabal_ .
see Psalms 53:1 ....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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FOOL. — Heb., _nabal,_ from a root meaning “to wither;” hence
flat, insipid (_insipiens_). But this is not therefore speculative
atheism, but practical — a denial of the moral government of God —
so t...
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לַ † מְנַצֵּ֗חַ לְ דָ֫וִ֥ד אָ֘מַ֤ר
נָבָ֣ל...
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Psalms 14:1
THIS psalm springs from the same situation as Psalms 10:1; Psalms
12:1. It has several points of likeness to both. It resembles the
former in its attribution to "the fool" of the heart spe...
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THE BOUNTY OF GOD AND THE FOLLY OF MEN
Psalms 13:1; Psalms 14:1
The first of these psalms evidently dates from the Sauline
persecutions, 1 Samuel 19:1. Four times the persecuted soul cries,
_How long...
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Here the psalmist utters his own consciousness of the meaning of
godlessness. In its essence it is folly. The word "fool" here stands
for moral perversity rather than intellectual blindness. This is
r...
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"To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David." 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 sho...
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David. The word psalm being appropriated to some, while others are
styled hymns, &c., does not hinder the latter from being also psalms
or spiritual songs, to be set to music: so the insertion of Davi...
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CONTENTS
This Psalm comes home recommended from the comment the Holy Ghost was
pleased to make of it, by the Apostle Paul. Romans 3:10. The principal
subjects of it are; The universal sin of man; his...
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_NO GOD!_
‘The fool bath said in his heart, There is no God.’
Psalms 14:1
I. I AM GODLESS UNTIL CHRIST REDEEMS ME.—‘The fool hath said in
his heart, There is no God.’ It is not that I have the sli...
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Many of the Jews are of opinion that in this psalm there is given
forth a prediction concerning the future oppression of their nation:
as if David, by the revelation of the Holy Spirit, bewailed the
a...
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In Psalms 14 the evil has reached its climax in God's sight What is
ever true of flesh is now brought up under God's eye at the time when
He is going to judge. Man rises up in pride before Him: yea, H...
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THE FOOL HATH SAID IN HIS HEART,.... This is to be understood not of a
single individual person, as Nabal, which is the word here used; nor
of some Gentile king, as Sennacherib, or Rabshakeh his gener...
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Psalms 14:1 «To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. » The fool
hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have
done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
Ver....
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_The fool hath said in his heart_ In his secret thoughts, or within
himself, what he is afraid or ashamed to utter with his lips; _There
is no God_ Or none that concerns himself with the affairs of ma...
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OF THE CORRUPTION OF NATURAL MAN AND THE LORD'S SALVATION.
This psalm may well have been composed at the time when David was
specially impressed with the wickedness of men, when he felt the
oppression...
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The fool, the spiritually worthless, the madman in things pertaining
to his soul's salvation, HATH SAID IN HIS HEART, it is his steady
secret thought and delusion, THERE IS NO GOD. A person who denies...
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PSALM 14 The design of this Psalm is to describe and bewail the
terrible wickedness and corruption of mankind, and especially of
ungodly men, and of his own enemies. David showeth the atheism and
corr...
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Psalms 14:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) David H1732 fool H5036 said H559
(H8804) heart H3820 God H430 corrupt...
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‘For the Chief Musician. Of David.'
This is yet another psalm dedicated to the Choirmaster and part of the
Davidic collection.
‘The fool has said in his heart,
There is no God.
They are corrupt, t...
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Psalms 14:1. _The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God._
He was a fool to think it. He was not fool enough, however, to say it
except in his heart. Fools have grown more brazen-faced of late;...
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CONTENTS: The corruption and foolishness of man.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: Man in his natural state has become odious to God, utterly
incapable of answering the ends of his creation, until...
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Psalms 14:1. _The fool,_ the _Nabal,_ devoid of foresight, says,
_there is no God;_ no governor, no providence, no judge. The happiness
of man, like that of the brute, consists in the gratification of...
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_The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God._
THE PRACTICAL DENIAL OF GOD THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
The heavy fact of widespread corruption presses on the Psalmist, and
starts a train of thought whi...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 14:1. This is a community lament. Humans
in general do not seek after God and thus they treat God’s people
cruelly. Compare Psalms 53:1.
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INTRODUCTION
“It does not appear upon what occasion David composed this psalm.
The revolt of Israel in Absalom’s rebellion is by most writers
pitched upon as the subject of it. But be this as it may,...
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EXPOSITION
IT has been strongly argued, from the mention of the "captivity" of
God's people in Psalms 14:7, that this psalm was written during the
sojourn in Babylon, and therefore not by David (De We...
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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt,
they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. The
LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if...
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1 Samuel 25:25; Ephesians 2:12; Ephesians 2:1; Genesis 6:11; Genesi
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The fool — The wicked man. Good — That is, actions really good or
pleasing to God....