American Standard Version
Psalms 14:5
5There were they in great fear;For God is in the generation of the righteous.
Psalms 14:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- New International Version (NIV)But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There they are in great fear, For God is with the generation of the righteous.
Context of Psalms 14:5
3They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my peopleasthey eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah? There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous. 6Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge. 7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, andIsrael shall be glad.
Read all of Psalms 14Psalms 14:5 word by word
שָׁ֤ם׀ פָּ֣חֲדוּ פָ֑חַד כִּֽי־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים בְּד֣וֹר צַדִּֽיק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 14:5
- Psalms 53:5There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.
- Exodus 15:16Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
- Esther 8:7Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
- Proverbs 1:26I also will laugh inthe day ofyour calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
- Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.
- Psalms 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.
- Isaiah 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 41:10fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isaiah 43:1But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.
- Matthew 1:23Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
- Psalms 22:30A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.
- Psalms 24:6This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. [Selah
- Psalms 73:15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
- Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
- 1 Peter 2:9But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Commentaries on Psalms 14:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5There were they in great fear - This is a manifest allusion to the history of the Canaanitish nations; they were struck with terror at the sight of the Israelites, and by this allusion the psalmist shows that a destruction similar to that which fell upon them, should fall on the Babylonians. Several of the versions add, from Psalm 53:5, "Where no fear was." They were struck with terror, where no real cause of terror existed. Their fears had magnified…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5There were they in great fear - Margin, as in Hebrew, “they feared a fear.” The idea is, that they were in great terror or consternation. They were not calm in their belief that there was no God. They endeavored to be. They wished to satisfy themselves that there was no God, and that they had nothing to dread. But they could not do this. In spite of all their efforts, there was such proof of his existence, and of his being the friend of the righteous, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Though the wicked perish (Psalm 1:5–6), God is with the righteous.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
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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
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