Psalm 14:4
“Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 14Meaning
The psalm connects wrongdoing with exploiting God’s people and with a failure to call upon the Lord.
God searches for understanding and faithfulness
The psalm broadens from an individual portrait to humanity under divine scrutiny, stressing the scarcity of true understanding and God-seeking.
Read carefully
The psalm connects wrongdoing with exploiting God’s people and with a failure to call upon the Lord. Keep the verse within its literary unit.
Reflection
Let this verse examine conduct and trust without turning biblical moral categories into labels for modern groups.