## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 14

###### Rashi on Psalms 14:1:1
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**אָמַר נָבָל בְּלִבּוֹ וְגוֹ׳.** שְׁנֵי מִזְמוֹרִים אָמַר דָּוִד בְּסֵפֶר זֶה בְּעִנְיָן אֶחָד: הָרִאשׁוֹן עַל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, וְהַשֵּׁנִי (תהלים נג) עַל טִיטוּס הָרָשָׁע. זֶה נִתְנַבֵּא עַל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, שֶׁעָתִיד לִיכָּנֵס לַהֵיכָל וּלְהַחֲרִיבוֹ, וְאֵין אֶחָד מִכָּל חֵילוֹתָיו מוֹחֶה בְּיָדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The fool said in his heart, etc.** David recited two psalms in this Book, in one manner [with almost identical wording]: the first one concerning Nebuchadnezzar and the second one (ch. 53) concerning Titus. In this one, he prophesied concerning Nebuchadnezzar, who was destined to enter the Temple and to destroy it, with not one [man] of all his armies protesting against him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:1:2
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**אֵין אֱלֹהִים.** וְאֶעֱלֶה עַל בָּמֳתֵי עָב (ישעיהו יד:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“There is no God”** and “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:1:3
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**הִשְׁחִיתוּ הִתְעִיבוּ עֲלִילָה.** מַעֲלָלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have committed abominable deeds** Heb. עלילה, deeds.


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:3:1
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**הַכֹּל סָר וְגוֹ׳.** אֵין אִישׁ בְּחֵילוֹתָיו מוֹחֶה בְּיָדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All have turned away, etc.** Not one man of his armies protested against him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:3:2
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**נֶאֱלָחוּ.** נֶהֶפְכוּ לְקִלְקוּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have spoiled** Heb. נאלחו, have turned to rot.


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:4:1
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**הֲלֹא יָדְעוּ.** הֲלֹא סוֹפָם יָדְעוּ מַה שֶּׁעָלְתָה בָּהֶם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Did not...know?** Did they not know at the end what had befallen them?


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:4:2
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**אוֹכְלֵי עַמִּי.** זַרְעוֹ שֶׁל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Those who devoured My people** The seed of Nebuchadnezzar.


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:4:3
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**אָכְלוּ לֶחֶם.** עָשׂוּ מִשְׁתֶּה: ״בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר מַלְכָּא עֲבַד לְחֶם רַב״ (דניאל ה:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**partook of a feast** Heb. לחם, lit. bread. They made a feast (as in Dan. 5:1) “made a huge feast (לחם).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:4:4
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**ה׳ לֹא קָרָאוּ.** לֹא חֲשָׁבוּהוּ וְלֹא זָכְרוּ נִפְלְאוֹתָיו וְנוֹרְאוֹתָיו בְּמִשְׁתֵּיהֶם, וְנִשְׁתַּמְּשׁוּ בְּכֵלָיו. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ : כָּל שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה גּוֹזֵל אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא הָיָה טוֹעֵם טַעַם עָרֵב בְּמַאֲכָלוֹ, **אֹכְלֵי עַמִּי** נִדְמֶה לָהֶם כְּאוֹכְלֵי לֶחֶם שֶׁטָּעֲמוּ טַעַם מַאֲכָל עָרֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they did not call upon the Lord** They neither considered Him nor remembered His wondrous and awesome deeds at their feast, and [they] used His vessels.


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:5:1
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**שָׁם פָּחֲדוּ פָחַד.** שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּלֵּם גְּמוּלוֹ לְבֵלְשַׁצַּר וְכוּ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There they were in great fear** For recompense was paid to Belshazzar king of Babylon [causing him] to be in great fear, as it is stated (in Dan. 5:6): “Then the king’s color changed, his thoughts terrified him, the joints of his loins came loose, and his knees knocked against each other.” But our Sages explained this (Sanh. 104b, Mid. Ps. 14:4) as referring to the heathens: Whoever does not rob Israel does not experience a pleasant taste in his food. Those who devoured my people felt as though they ate bread, for they experienced a pleasant taste.


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:5:2
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**כִּי אֱלֹהִים בְּדוֹר צַדִּיק.** בְּדוֹרוֹ שֶׁל יְכָנְיָה שֶׁהָיוּ צַדִּיקִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for God is in the generation of a righteous man** In the generation of Jeconiah, who were righteous.


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:6:1
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**עֲצַת עָנִי תָבִישׁוּ.** אַתֶּם אוֹמְרִים שֶׁעֲצָתָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל בּוּשָׁה, עַל שֶׁהֵם בּוֹטְחִים בַּה׳, **כִּי ה׳ מַחְסֵהוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You put to shame the counsel of the poor** You say that the counsel of Israel is shameful, for they trust in the Lord because He is their refuge.


###### Rashi on Psalms 14:7:1
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**מִי יִתֵּן.** אָז יִקְרַב הַיּוֹם שֶׁיִּתֵּן מִצִּיּוֹן יְשׁוּעַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָז **יָגֵל יַעֲקֹב יִשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O that** Then the day will arrive when He will give out of Zion the salvation of Israel in the future; then Jacob shall rejoice; Israel shall be glad.