Psalms 14

 Psalms 14 is doubled in Psalms 53. Psalms 14 uses ihvh. Psalms 53 uses Elohim. (The 150 psalms are organized as a sandwich. The bread is ihvh and the meat Elohim.) The linked post for 53 above was written in January, a time when the godly were behaving badly - and many still are. The second linked post was written in 2011.

Why is Psalms 14 part of the current series, 11-25? Is there an emotional / conceptual / theological progression from 11-25? 

Like 53, most of the verses are tricola. As I noted back in January on Psalms 53, nbl, the senseless, is a musical instrument. So sing. It is also corpse! Whoever invented this Holy Tongue has a sense of humour. Who has not seen the trouble of this world? The illnesses, the accidents, the genetic mutilations of normalcy, autoimmune diseases, the fear, the privilege, the self-protection, the wars ... But the Scripture and its aspirate reality gives 'stamina' (a favorite word of Janos Sandorof blessed memory, a conductor and friend raised under the Soviets).

Senseless said / says, God? of no account. Is God a failure? The creation is good. The human children are not doing good. Good is a complex number. There is an imaginary part that can be expressed as a quantum superposition. A probability. It gives us room to move.

thlim id	Psalms 14	Fn	Min	Max	Syll
a lmnxk ldvid amr nbl blibo ain alohim hwkitu htyibu ylilh ain yowh-'tob	1 For the leader. Of David. Senseless said in its heart, God? Nothing. They destroy, they do abomination, wantonness. There is none doing good.		3e	4C	7 11 13
b ihvh mwmiim hwqif yl-bni-adm lraot hiw mwcil dorw at-alohim	2 Yahweh, from the heavens, leaned over to have a look at the human children, to see if there was any insight, searching out God.		3d	4B	11 6 6
g hcol sr ikdiv nalku ain yowh-'tob ain gm-akd	3 The lot of them are stubborn, altogether corrupt. There is none doing good, not even a single one.		3d	4C	9 4 4
d hloa idyu cl-poyli-avvn aocli ymi aclu lkm ihvh la qrau	4 Did they not know, all these workers of mischief, eating my people as they eat bread? Yahweh they do not call.		3d	4B	9 8 6
h wm pkdu pkd ci-alohim bdor xdiq	5 There they dread dread, because God is in the generation of one who is righteous.	C	3e	4C	6 7
v yxt-yni tbiwu ci ihvh mkshu	6 You shame the advice of the poor, because Yahweh is their refuge.		3e	4B	7 6
z mi iitn mxion iwuyt iwral bwub ihvh wbut ymo igl iyqob iwmk iwral	7 When will the salvation of Israel be given from Zion? When Yahweh turns the captivity of his people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.	f	3d	4B	12 8 10

Music - do the two psalms share their music? About 50%. Click the links for pdf's of the score.

14:

e rev,ole,f# zar,C B g B ^A e rev,e f# rev,B e 

e rev,zar,d e ole,f# g B ^A ger,e 

e f# zar,d ole,f# C e ^A ger-rev,e 

e f# zar,d ole,f# B g B ^A ger-rev,B e 

C B ^A e ger-rev,B e 

e f# ^A g B e 

f# B zar,d ole,f# B g B ^A f# ger-rev,f# e 

53:

e f# e rev,f# e 

zar,C B g B ^A e ger-rev,e f# ger-rev,B e 

e rev,zar,d e ole,f# g B ^A ger-rev,e 

e f# zar,d ole,f# C e ^A ger-rev,e 

e f# zar,C ole,f# B g B ^A ger-rev,B e 

C e zar,d ole,f# e rev,g B ^A ger-rev,e f# e 

f# B zar,d ole,f# B g B ^A f# ger-rev,f# e