Text -- Psalms 14:4 (NET)

14:4 All those who behave wickedly do not understand– those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 14:4

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).