Psalms 14:5
They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
In Context
4Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread ?
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Let fear and dread fall upon them, in the greatness of thy arm: let them become unmoveable as a stone, until thy people, O Lord, pass by: until this thy people pass by, which thou hast possessed.
Esther 8:7And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman's house to Esther, and I have commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the Jews.
Psalms 24:6This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 46:7Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: he uttered his voice, the earth trembled.
Psalms 53:5Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they eat bread?
Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous 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 →