Psalms 14:5
There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
In Context
6Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor because LORD is his refuge.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Terror and dread falls upon them. By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone, till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over whom thou have purchased.
Esther 8:7Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Psalms 24:6This is the generation of those who seek after him, who seek thy face, [even] Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 46:7LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 53:5There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against thee. Thou have put them to shame because God has rejected them.
Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth. The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 14:5-7
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord . 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge. 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. In these verses the psalmist endeavours, I. To convince sinners of the evil and danger… Read the whole commentary →