Psalms 14:5
There are they terrified in terror; for God is with the righteous generation:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
In Context
6The counsel of the poor [though] you put to shame; because the Lord is his protection.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thy arm they shall be still as a stone: till thy people pass over, O Lord, till this people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Esther 8:7Then said king Achashverosh unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, the house of Haman have I given to Esther, and him have they hanged on the gallows, because he had stretched out his hand against the Jews.
Psalms 24:6This is the generation of those that adore him, that seek thy presence, [the sons of] Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 46:7(46:8) The Lord of hosts is with us; a defense unto us is the God of Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 53:5(53:6) There were they terrified with terror where there was no terror; for God had scattered the bones of those that encamped against thee: thou didst put them to shame, because God had 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 →