Psalms 14:1

 Psalms 14:1 says, To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. As in many Psalms, there is the introduction, then verse one says, The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.  David speaks about the fool, those who say in their heart that there is no God.  There are many people in the world today who are considered brilliant, but deny God.   As David said, this makes them fools, and we should not hold them up as examples to follow or as people to listen to.  David also said that they are corrupt and have done abominable works and that nono of the people like this do any good in God's sight.  We see the abominable works all around us today, and we as followers of Christ must recognize how God feels about them. Verse two adds, The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.  David said that God was watching mankind to see if there were any people who understood Who God is and who sought God.  Just because people deny the existence of God, doesn't mean that He is not still in charge.  I don't believe that God is impressed with a lot of what is going on in the world today.  Verse three continues, They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.  David said that when God looked down on the world that He declared that all had become filthy and that not even one person did good.  When we think that the world has gotten so much worse today than it used to be, we need to simply look back at what was being done in David's day.  Verse four asks, Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.  The question from God was if the workers of iniquity had no knowledge of Him.  They abused people without any concern for them.  I believe this was a disregard for those who were without power in the world, just as many poor people throughout all the world are mistreated today without any concern for what God says.  Verse five adds, There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.  God said that the people of Israel had once had His protection and were a righteous generation.  We cannot live by what people have done in the past and be successful in our Christian walk today.  Verse six declares, Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.  God said that people had shamed the counsel of the poor for whom God was their refuge.  Again, we cannot follow God's guidance while at the same time mistreating the poor.  Verse seven adds, 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.  David asked that the salvation of Israel come out of Zion and that all the people of Israel might rejoice.  Salvation has come out of Zion, when Jesus Christ died on the cross for the salvation of mankind, which is given to all who put their faith in Him.  We should therefore rejoice if we are followers of Christ.