Psalms 14:5

Sore afraid will they be; for God is among those who are righteous,

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In The King James Version

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

In Context

4Have they learned their lesson, those workers of evil? Who ate up my people, eating, devouring, never calling to the Lord.

6you may mock the plans of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge.

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Cross References

Esther 8:7Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the property of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he laid hands upon the Jews.

Psalms 24:6Such must be those who resort to him, and seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah

Psalms 46:7On our side is the Lord of hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob.

Psalms 53:5Sore afraid will they be, where no fear was; when God scatters the bones of the godless people. They will be put to shame, when God rejects them.

Psalms 112:2Mighty on earth shall be their seed; a blessing shall rest on the race of the upright.

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 →

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