Psalm 14:1
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Psalm 14[a]
A Lament over Widespread Corruption
1 For the leader. Of David.
I
The fool says in his heart,
“There is no God.”
Their deeds are loathsome and corrupt;
not one does what is good.(A)
Footnotes
- Psalm 14 The lament (duplicated in Ps 53) depicts the world as consisting of two types of people: “the fool” (equals the wicked, Ps 14:1–3) and “the company of the just” (Ps 14:4–6; also called “my people,” and “the poor”). The wicked persecute the just, but the Psalm expresses the hope that God will punish the wicked and reward the good.
Job 22:13
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13 Yet you say, “What does God know?(A)
Can he judge through the thick darkness?
Isaiah 29:15
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15 Ah! You who would hide a plan
too deep for the Lord!
Who work in the dark, saying,
“Who sees us, who knows us?”(A)
Jeremiah 5:12
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12 They denied the Lord,[a]
saying, “He is nothing,
No evil shall come to us,
neither sword nor famine shall we see.(A)
Footnotes
- 5:12 They denied the Lord: the people act as though God does not matter and will not interfere.
Zephaniah 1:12
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12 At that time,
I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
I will punish the people
who settle like dregs in wine,[a]
Who say in their hearts,
“The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do harm.”
Footnotes
- 1:12 Settle like dregs in wine: those who are overconfident because, like the sediment that settles to the bottom of a bottle of wine, they have remained at peace and undisturbed for a long time.
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