Psalms 14:5
They have feared a fear there, || For God [is] in the generation of the righteous.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
In Context
6You cause the counsel of the poor to stink, || Because YHWH [is] his refuge.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Terror and dread fall on them; By the greatness of Your arm || They are still as a stone, || Until Your people pass over, O YHWH; Until the people pass over || Whom You have purchased.
Esther 8:7And King Ahasuerus says to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,
Psalms 24:6This [is] a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Your face, O Jacob! Selah.
Psalms 46:7YHWH of Hosts [is] with us, || The God of Jacob [is] a tower for us. Selah.
Psalms 53:5There they feared a fear—there was no fear, || For God has scattered the bones of him || Who is encamping against you, || You have put to shame, || For God has despised them.
Psalms 112:2His seed is mighty in the earth, || The generation of the upright is 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 →