Psalms 14:6
For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is his hope.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
In Context
5They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.
Cross References
Psalms 3:2Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.
Psalms 9:9and he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
Psalms 40:17Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say always : The Lord be magnified.
Psalms 46:1Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden.
Isaiah 37:10Thus shall you speak to Ezechias the king of Juda, saying: Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.
Daniel 3:15Now therefore if you be ready at what hour soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and symphony, and of all kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and adore the statue which I have made: but if you do not adore, you shall be cast the same hour into the furnace of burning fire: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
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 →