Psalms 14:7
Oh that some one might bring the salvation of Israel out of Zion! When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, then will Jacob be glad, and Israel will rejoice.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
6The counsel of the poor [though] you put to shame; because the Lord is his protection.
Cross References
Psalms 85:1“To the chief musician, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” (85:2) Thou hast been favorable, O Lord, unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
Isaiah 35:10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with song, with everlasting joy upon their head; gladness and joy shall they obtain, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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 →