詩編 14:2

聖書日本語

span data-lang="jpn" data-trans="kyb" data-ref="psa.14.1" class="versetxt"> 1 愚かな者は心のうちに「神はない」と言う。彼らは腐れはて、憎むべき事をなし、善を行う者はない。2 主は天から人の子らを見おろして、賢い者、神をたずね求める者があるかないかを見られた。3 彼らはみな迷い、みなひとしく腐れた。善を行う者はない、ひとりもない。4 すべて悪を行う者は悟りがないのか。彼らは物食うようにわが民をくらい、また主を呼ぶことをしない。5 その時、彼らは大いに恐れた。神は正しい者のやからと共におられるからである。6 あなたがたは貧しい者の計画をはずかしめようとする。しかし主は彼の避け所である。7 どうか、シオンからイスラエルの救が出るように。主がその民の繁栄を回復されるとき、ヤコブは喜び、イスラエルは楽しむであろう。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The Lord: Psalms 33:13, Psalms 33:14, Psalms 102:19, Psalms 102:20, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 18:21, Isaiah 63:15, Isaiah 64:1, Lamentations 3:50

any: Psalms 82:5, Psalms 107:43, Proverbs 2:9, Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 9:4, Proverbs 9:16, Isaiah 27:11, Jeremiah 4:22, Daniel 12:10, Matthew 13:15, Romans 3:11

seek: Psalms 69:32, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 30:19, Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 55:6, Hebrews 11:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 5:3 - in his Exodus 37:29 - incense Job 33:27 - I have sinned Psalms 10:4 - will not Psalms 78:59 - God Proverbs 21:8 - way Ecclesiastes 7:10 - wisely Jeremiah 8:6 - hearkened Jeremiah 10:14 - man Jeremiah 51:17 - Every Hosea 7:10 - nor Amos 5:4 - Seek Zephaniah 1:6 - and those Matthew 7:13 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men,.... As he did when all flesh had corrupted its way, and before he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly, Genesis 6:12. This is said in direct opposition to the atheistic thoughts and reasonings of wicked men, in

Psalms 14:1. There is a God, and he takes notice of the children of men, and of what is done by them; though his throne is in the heavens, and his dwelling there, yet he looks down from thence, and takes cognizance of all human affairs. This must be understood consistent with the omniscience and omnipresence of God; it is an anthropopathy, or a speaking after the manner of men; and denotes the exact notice which God takes, and distinct observation he makes, and the perfect and accurate knowledge he has of men and their actions; see

Genesis 11:5;

to see if there were any that did understand: not things natural, civil, and moral, but things spiritual as the Apostle Paul interprets the words, Romans 3:11. For though man has not lost the natural faculty of his understanding, and may have an understanding of the things of nature, yet not of the things of God, until a supernatural light is put into him; not any spiritual experimental knowledge of God in Christ, nor of the way of salvation by Christ, nor of the work of the Spirit of God upon the heart, nor of the doctrines of the Gospel, nor any true sight and sense of his own state and condition;

[and] seek God; that is, "after God"; as the apostle in the same place explains it; after the knowledge of him and his ways, and communion with him; after the things of God, his interest and his glory: they do not seek after him in prayer, or by an attendance on his worship and ordinances; at least with their whole hearts, earnestly, diligently, constantly, and in the first place; nor do they seek after him in Christ, where he is only to be found; nor under the influence, and with the assistance of the blessed Spirit.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord looked down from heaven - The original word here - שׁקף shâqaph - conveys the idea of “bending forward,” and hence, of an intense and anxious looking, as we bend forward when we wish to examine anything with attention, or when we look out for one who is expected to come. The idea is that God looked intently, or so as to secure a close examination, upon the children of men, for the express purpose of ascertaining whether there were any that were good. He looked at all men; he examined all their pretensions to goodness, and he saw none who could be regarded as exempt from the charge of depravity. Nothing could more clearly prove the doctrine of universal depravity than to say that an Omniscient God made “an express examination” on this very point, that he looked over all the world, and that in the multitudes which passed under the notice of his eye not “one” could be found who could be pronounced righteous. If God could not find such an one, assuredly man cannot.

Upon the children of men - Upon mankind; upon the human race. They are called “children,” or “sons” (Hebrew), because they are all the descendants of the man that God created - of Adam. Indeed the original word here is “Adam” - אדם 'âdâm. And it may be questionable whether, since this became in fact a proper name, designating the first man, it would not have been proper to retain the idea in the translation - “the sons of Adam;” that is, all his descendants. The phrase occurs frequently to denote the human race, Deuteronomy 32:8; Psalms 11:4; Psalms 21:10; Psalms 31:19; Psalms 36:7; Psalms 57:4; et soepe.

To see if there were any that did understand - If there were one acting wisely - to wit, in seeking God. “Acting wisely” here stands in contrast with the folly referred to in the first verse. Religion is always represented in the Scriptures as true wisdom.

And seek God - The knowledge of him; his favor and friendship. Wisdom is shown by a “desire” to become acquainted with the being and perfections of God, as well as in the actual possession of that knowledge; and in no way can the true character of man be better determined than by the actual interest which is felt in becoming acquainted with the character of him who made and who governs the universe. It is one of the clearest proofs of human depravity that there is no prevailing desire among people thus to ascertain the character of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 14:2. The Lord looked down from heaven — Words spoken after the manner of men. From this glorious eminence God is represented as looking down upon the habitable globe, to see if there were any that did understand that there was a Supreme Being, the governor and judge of men; and, in consequence, seek God for his mercy, support, and defence.