Psalms 14:5
There are they in great fear; for God is with the righteous generation.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
In Context
6Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Terror and dread falleth 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 that Thou hast gotten.
Esther 8:7Then the king Ahasuerus said unto 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 24:6Such is the generation of them that seek after Him, that seek Thy face, even Jacob. Selah
Psalms 46:7(46-8) The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah
Psalms 53:5(53-6) There are they in great fear, where no fear was; for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee; Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath 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 →