RRB notes on Psalm 14

Psalms 14 KJV

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1. The fool hath said in his heart, [a] There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

[a] See Eph. 4:18 and note on Psa. 53:1.

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

3. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. [b]

[b] Vss. 2-3 are doctrinally the Tribulation (vss. 4-7), but spiritually the Church Age (Rom. 3:11-12).

4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [c] as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

[c] They’ll be eaten literally in the Tribulation (see note on Neh. 11:1).

5. There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

6. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

7. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. [d]

[d] Second Advent (Joel 3:1; Psa. 126:1, 53:6).

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Note on Psalms 53:1 KJV

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. [1] Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

[1] An atheist’s problem is heart trouble, not head trouble (Psa. 10:6, 11, 13). Any fool who’s rational knows there has to be a God somewhere. The problem comes when you do not want Him to be there to interfere with what you’re doing (see note on Prov. 18:1).

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Note on Proverbs 18:1 KJV

Through desire a man, having separated himself, [a] seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. [1]

[a] Ezek. 14:7.

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Note on Nehemiah 11:1 KJV

And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten [1] to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

[1] The Lord claimed the tithe as His own. Normally, cattle and seed were tithed (Lev. 27:30-32) and brought into “storehouses” (Mal. 3:10) for the support of the Levites (2 Chron. 31:4-10). But here, God has the people tithed. That is because the Jews are connected with a “seed” (Mal. 2:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61, 9:8). Seeds are planted to grow something to eat. In Exodus 16:33-36, Moses commanded a tithe of the manna (which was eaten by the Israelites in the wilderness) to be laid up before the Lord. Since the events of Exodus and Numbers were recorded as a “parable” of what will happen to the Jews in the Tribulation (Psa. 78:2-3), the tithe is a picture of Jews, who are hiding from the Antichrist in Selah-Petra, eating manna (MIc. 7:14-15; Rev. 12:6, 14), while the Antichrist’s priests are eating Jews (Isa. 6:13; Psa. 16:4, 106:37) at an altar (Rev. 6:9, 20:4) until the Lord Jesus Christ comes and puts an end to it (Heb. 7:1-2).