Psalm 11
Ps 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good.We use the word fool in talking about someone who fools others or who is fooled himself. In either case the ideas he proposes are not reasonable, they will not stand up. The fool here denies the existence of God, denying that there is anything good to be said about Him. In denying God he is denying that there is any good except himself, but the sentence is against himself, for the end of the first verse says that there is no one who does good. And it is the Creator Himself who looks down and makes the pronouncement. All have sinned against the goodness of God. We all need forgiveness.
Ps 14:2 The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God.
Ps 14:3 They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.
Ps 14:4 Do all the workers of wickedness not know, Who eat up my people {as} they eat bread, {And} do not call upon the Lord?
Ps 14:5 There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation.
Ps 14:6 You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted, But the LORD is his refuge.
Ps 14:7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.
Today the good news is that Jesus is calling all of us fools to repent and believe that there is a God who answers our prayer for safety in Jesus. And, yes, there will come a day when the mercy and grace of God is over and He will openly prove that He lives to restore His own nation Israel and Jerusalem to be the place where Jesus sits on the throne and rules both Israel and all the nations of the world. That will be the time of the golden age when everything is right and good because Jesus rules.