Psalms 14:4

All those who behave wickedly ¹  do not understand – ²  those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.

Job 21:15; Job 27:10; Ps 79:6; Ps 94:8,9; Isa 5:13; Isa 27:11; Isa 29:14; Isa 44:19,20; Isa 45:20; Isa 64:7; Jer 10:25; Am 8:4; Mic 3:2,3; Ro 1:21,22,28; 2Co 4:3,4; Ga 5:15; Eph 4:17,18

¹ tn Heb “all the workers of wickedness.” See Pss 5:5; 6:8.

² tn Heb “Do they not understand?” The rhetorical question (rendered in the translation as a positive affirmation) expresses the psalmist’s amazement at their apparent lack of understanding. This may refer to their lack of moral understanding, but it more likely refers to their failure to anticipate God’s defense of his people (see vv. 5-7).