Psalms 14:6

Psalms 14:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
• New International Version (NIV)You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You would shame the plans of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shame the counsel of the poor, But the Lord is his refuge.

Context of Psalms 14:6

4Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon the Lord? 5There they tremble with great fear, For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation. You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor, But the Lord is his safe refuge. 7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores His captive people, Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

Psalms 14:6 word by word

עֲצַת־עָנִ֥י תָבִ֑ישׁוּ כִּ֖י יְהוָ֣ה מַחְסֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye have shamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• the counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• of the poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• because the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• his refugeמַחְסֶּהmachăseh machseh · refugeH4268

Cross-references for Psalms 14:6

• Psalms 3:2Many are saying of me, “There is no help [no salvation] for him in God.” Selah.
• Psalms 4:2O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame? How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.
• Psalms 22:7All who see me laugh at me and mock me; They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,
• Psalms 42:10As a crushing of my bones [with a sword], my adversaries taunt me, While they say continually to me, “Where is your God?”
• Nehemiah 4:2He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the heaps of dust and rubbish, even the ones that have been burned?”
• Isaiah 37:10“You shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
• Ezekiel 35:10“Because you [descendants of Esau] have said, ‘These two nations [Israel and Judah] and these two lands shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,’ although the Lord was there,
• Daniel 3:15Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, very good. But if you do not worship, you shall be thrown at once into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can rescue you out of my hands?”
• Matthew 27:40and they said [tauntingly], “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself [from death]! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
• Psalms 9:9The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble;
• Hebrews 6:18so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.

Commentaries on Psalms 14:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor - Instead of תבישו tabishu, "Ye have shamed," Bishop Horsley proposes to read תבישם tabishem, and translates the clause thus: "The counsel of the helpless man shall put them to shame." But this is not authorized by MS. or version. There is no need for any change: the psalmist refers to the confidence which the afflicted people professed to have in God for their deliverance, which confidence the Babylonians turned…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Ye have shamed - The address here is made directly to the wicked themselves, to show them the baseness of their own conduct, and, perhaps, in connection with the previous verse, to show them what occasion they had for fear. The idea in the verse seems to be, that as God was the protector of the “poor” who had come to him for “refuge,” and as they had “shamed the counsel of the poor” who had done this, they had real occasion for alarm. The phrase “ye have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7This wisdom psalm includes elements of lament and prophetic speech. The ideals of Psalm 8 clash with foolish human attitudes and sinful actions. Except for verses 5–6, this psalm is similar to Psalm 53.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. Their conduct evinces indifference rather than ignorance of God; for when He appears in judgment, they are stricken with great fear. who eat up my people--to express their beastly fury (Pr 30:14; Ha 3:14). To "call on the Lord" is to worship Him.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 14:6

• Infidelity
• Poor

In the dictionaries

• Aside
• Corrupt
• Eat
• Fool
• None
• Shame
• Belly
• Justification
• Papyrus
• Poor

Commentaries on Psalms 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings