“They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
The reflection that all have turned aside and become corrupt and there is none who does good establishes universal human depravity. The turning aside suggests deliberate deviation from the right way, making corruption not accident but choice. The phrase none who does good mirrors language from elsewhere in wisdom literature suggesting that moral perfection is impossible for humans. This verse establishes the theological conviction that humanity universally falls short of divine standards.
Church Fathers on Psalms 14:3
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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