“Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.”
The question do not all the workers of iniquity know and do they not eat up my people as they eat bread? expresses bewilderment that the wicked seem oblivious to accountability and prey on the vulnerable without conscience. The eating imagery suggests predatory consumption, making the wicked like wild animals devouring prey. The mention of God's people as the wicked's victims suggests that even the covenant community faces destruction from those who reject divine authority. This verse articulates the theological scandal: the wicked flourish while the righteous suffer.
Church Fathers on Psalms 14:4
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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