Passage Research
Psalm 14 — Sermon Preparation
A diagnosis of universal corruption: the fool denies God, and when God looks down he finds not one person who does good. Below is a research summary for Psalm 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 7
- verses
- 73 / 57
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 14 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| טוֹב | ṭôwb | H2896 | 2 | good |
| אָכַל | ʼâkal | H398 | 2 | eat |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 2 | people, tribe |
| אָלַח | ʼâlach | H444 | 1 | muddle, turn |
| מַחֲסֶה | machăçeh | H4268 | 1 | shelter |
| שָׁקַף | shâqaph | H8259 | 1 | lean out, peep |
| תַּעָב | taʻâb | H8581 | 1 | loathe, detest |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It does not appear upon what occasion this psalm was penned nor whether upon any particular occasion. Some say David penned it when Saul persecuted him; others, when Absalom rebelled against him. But they are mere conjectures, which have not certainty enough to warrant us to expound the psalm by them. The apostle, in quoting part of this psalm (Rom. iii. 10, &c.) to prove that Jews and Gentiles are all under sin (ver. 9) and that all the world is guilty before God (ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 14:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion— Ps 14:7
Need the complete sermon prep report on this passage?
Greek exegesis, historical background, current scholarship, sermon outlines, illustrations — a complete PDF report on Psalm 14, delivered within 24 hours.