Sunday, December 31, 2006

Psalm 14 [updated]

1The fool has (A)said in his heart, "There is no God "
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is (B)no one who does good.
2The LORD has (C)looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who (D)understand,
Who (E)seek after God.
3They have all (F)turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is (G)no one who does good, not even one.
4Do all the workers of wickedness (H)not know,
Who (I)eat up my people as they eat bread,
And (J)do not call upon the Lord?
5There they are in great dread,
For God is with the (K)righteous generation.
6You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,
But the LORD is his (L)refuge.
7Oh, that (M)the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the LORD [a](N)restores His captive people,
Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

I was really excited to see this psalms because this is where Romans alludes to “there is no one righteous” at least I think so. I feel very much the fool. Not that I say there is no God though I have before but that I come close all the time in my head and the way I live. If we are the antithesis of good.. I am just greatly that God has saved me so that I can feel and can desire good. It’s hard because some people don’t, they can never because they are not saved. Their very nature is evil as mine was without God. I can be so grateful but its still hard to grasp because I want to sorrow over them but you can’t always. The Israelites sang and danced