“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 wisdom psalm opens with the declaration the fool has said in his heart there is no God, establishing atheism as the ultimate foolishness. The phrase in his heart suggests that the fool's denial might not be explicit but constitutes the practical conviction guiding conduct. The identification of atheism with foolishness frames denial of God not as intellectual sophistication but as fundamental stupidity. This opening establishes the psalm's moral framework where rejection of God represents the worst possible error.
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