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Psalms 14:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 14:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 14:113 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֗חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
לְ/דָ֫וִ֥דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
אָ֘מַ֤רʾāmar
he saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
נָבָ֣לnābāl
a fooladjH5036
-ish man · -ish woman) · vile person
בְּ֭/לִבּ/וֹbəlibwō
in heart hispronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אֱלֹהִ֑יםʾĕlōhiym
is a godnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הִֽשְׁחִ֗יתוּhišəḥiytw
they act corruptlyverbH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
הִֽתְעִ֥יבוּhitəʿiybw
they do abominablyverbH8581
(be · commit more · do) abominable · utterly
עֲלִילָ֗הʿăliylāh
deedsnounH5949
deed · doing · invention · occasion ···
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
עֹֽשֵׂהʿōśēh
is one who doesverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
טֽוֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 14:1

To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. What “to the end” means, must not be too often repeated. “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes;” Romans 10:4 as the Apostle says. We believe in Him, when we begin to enter on the good road: we shall see Him, when we shall get to the end. And therefore is He the end. 2. “The fool has said in his heart, There is no God” Psalm 13:1. For not even have certain sacrilegious and abominable…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 14
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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