Psalms 14:5
There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
In Context
6You frustrate the plan of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone, until your people pass over, LORD, until the people you have purchased pass over.
Esther 8:7Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he laid his hand on the Jews.
Psalms 24:6This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face—even Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 46:7The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 53:5There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
Psalms 112:2His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will 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 →