Psalms 14:5
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
In Context
6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
Esther 8:7So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
Psalms 24:6Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
Psalms 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Psalms 53:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will 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 →