The singer and the reader proclaim aloud the word of God.
The listener may follow the printed words.
Those seeking after God read many of the best translations
and editions of psalm 14..People who have had different life experiences
and people from different generations may see a different emphasis
and relate differently to the psalm. Even a familiar psalm tune
may help us to relate personally, especially as we become aware
that we are being addressed personally. The word of the Lord,
the wisdom, the love , the healing , reconciliation and hope
is addressed to us. If hope is being offered, make that hope yours.
If healing is being offered, claim the healing for yourself,
for your family and your community. Help heal the nation!
In Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd"
we easily identify with that statement (unless we reject it)
In translations of Psalm 14 we find expressions to describe
those in trouble. There are fools, evildoers who are depraved
and whose deeds are vile, Workers of wickedness and the corrupt
who are abominable. People who have turned aside from God,
who never call Yahweh, who do not pray to the Lord.
At any time the wicked may get a flash of their own fallen-ness
and the dire consequences,causing fear to strike into their hearts.
Psalm 14:5 NCV
But later they will be filled with terror
for God is on the side of the righteous.
In contrast, in Psalm 14 we also meet "My people", "the poor"
"the afflicted, and the poor man who says "the Lord is my hope"
Those who understand and seek God, Those who are doing good
and those who act wisely. With these people we are in the company
of the righteous !
When PAUL is a reader of Psalm 14, he can see that Psalm 14
describes our sinful condition, that no one is "just" in God,s sight !
and that we all need to be saved by Jesus Christ.
The psalmist recognizes that he himself falls short in God's eyes.
Psalm 130:3 NCV
If you, O Lord , kept a record of our sins
O Lord, who could stand upright ?
Psalm 143: 2 NCV
Do not subject your servant to your judgement
for no one living is righteous before you.
Psalm 14 speaks of the moral depravity with which we associate
the flood, Soddom and Gomorrah, The tower of Babel, the golden calf
and the personal, national and international turning aside of God,s
people in the present day.. But the last verse in Psalm 14 is a prayer.
Psalm 14:7 GNB
I pray that victory will come to Israel from Zion
How happy the people of Israel will be
when the Lord makes them prosperous again|!
The prayer is answered
Matthew 27:45 ESV
there was darkness over the land until the ninth hour.
We know that was the hour when our Lord Jesus cried out
with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
The listener may follow the printed words.
Those seeking after God read many of the best translations
and editions of psalm 14..People who have had different life experiences
and people from different generations may see a different emphasis
and relate differently to the psalm. Even a familiar psalm tune
may help us to relate personally, especially as we become aware
that we are being addressed personally. The word of the Lord,
the wisdom, the love , the healing , reconciliation and hope
is addressed to us. If hope is being offered, make that hope yours.
If healing is being offered, claim the healing for yourself,
for your family and your community. Help heal the nation!
In Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd"
we easily identify with that statement (unless we reject it)
In translations of Psalm 14 we find expressions to describe
those in trouble. There are fools, evildoers who are depraved
and whose deeds are vile, Workers of wickedness and the corrupt
who are abominable. People who have turned aside from God,
who never call Yahweh, who do not pray to the Lord.
At any time the wicked may get a flash of their own fallen-ness
and the dire consequences,causing fear to strike into their hearts.
Psalm 14:5 NCV
But later they will be filled with terror
for God is on the side of the righteous.
In contrast, in Psalm 14 we also meet "My people", "the poor"
"the afflicted, and the poor man who says "the Lord is my hope"
Those who understand and seek God, Those who are doing good
and those who act wisely. With these people we are in the company
of the righteous !
When PAUL is a reader of Psalm 14, he can see that Psalm 14
describes our sinful condition, that no one is "just" in God,s sight !
and that we all need to be saved by Jesus Christ.
The psalmist recognizes that he himself falls short in God's eyes.
Psalm 130:3 NCV
If you, O Lord , kept a record of our sins
O Lord, who could stand upright ?
Psalm 143: 2 NCV
Do not subject your servant to your judgement
for no one living is righteous before you.
Psalm 14 speaks of the moral depravity with which we associate
the flood, Soddom and Gomorrah, The tower of Babel, the golden calf
and the personal, national and international turning aside of God,s
people in the present day.. But the last verse in Psalm 14 is a prayer.
Psalm 14:7 GNB
I pray that victory will come to Israel from Zion
How happy the people of Israel will be
when the Lord makes them prosperous again|!
The prayer is answered
Matthew 27:45 ESV
there was darkness over the land until the ninth hour.
We know that was the hour when our Lord Jesus cried out
with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
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