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Psalms 14:2 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.


Psalms 14:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 14:212 words
HebrewMeaning
יְֽהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מִ/שָּׁמַיִם֮mišāmayim
from heavenpronH8064
astrologer · heaven
הִשְׁקִ֪יףhišəqiyp
he looks downverbH8259
look (down · forth · out)
עַֽלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
בְּנֵיbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָ֫דָ֥םʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לִ֭/רְאוֹתlirəʾwōt
to seepronH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
הֲ/יֵ֣שׁhăyēš
¿ is thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
מַשְׂכִּ֑ילmaśəkiyl
one who acts prudentlyverbH7919
expert · instruct · prosper · prudent ···
דֹּ֝רֵשׁdōrēš
one who seeksverbH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֱלֹהִֽיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
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 14:2

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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