God’s Word Translation
Psalms 14:5
5There they are—panic-stricken because God is with the person who is 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
3Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one person, does good things. 4Are all those troublemakers, those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, so ignorant that they do not call on the Lord? There they are—panic-stricken because God is with the person who is righteous. 6They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because the Lord is their refuge. 7If only salvation for Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice. Israel will be glad.
Read all of Psalms 14Psalms 14:5 word by word
שָׁ֤ם׀ פָּ֣חֲדוּ פָ֑חַד כִּֽי־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים בְּד֣וֹר צַדִּֽיק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 14:5
- Psalms 53:5There they are—panic-stricken— ⌞but⌟ there was no reason to panic, because God has scattered the bones of those who set up camp against you. You put them to shame. After all, God has rejected them.
- Exodus 15:16Terror and dread will fall on them. Because of the power of your arm, they will be petrified until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people you purchased pass by.
- Esther 8:7King Xerxes said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “I have given Haman’s property to Esther, and Haman’s ⌞dead body⌟ was hung on the pole because he tried to kill the Jews.
- Proverbs 1:26I will laugh at your calamity. I will make fun of you when panic strikes you,
- Proverbs 28:1A wicked person flees when no one is chasing him, but righteous people are as bold as lions.
- Psalms 46:5God is in that city. It cannot fall. God will help it at the break of dawn.
- Isaiah 8:10Make plans for battle, but they will never succeed. Give orders, but they won’t be carried out, because God is with us!
- Isaiah 12:6Shout loudly, and sing with joy, people of Zion! The Holy One of Israel is great. He is among you.”
- Isaiah 41:10Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. Don’t be intimidated; I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will support you with my victorious right hand.
- Isaiah 43:1The Lord created Jacob and formed Israel. Now, this is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid, because I have reclaimed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.
- Matthew 1:23“The virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,” which means “God is with us.”
- Psalms 22:30There will be descendants who serve him, a generation that will be told about the Lord.
- Psalms 24:6This is the person who seeks him, who searches for the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
- Psalms 73:15If I had said, “I will continue to talk like that,” I would have betrayed God’s people.
- Psalms 112:2His descendants will grow strong on the earth. The family of a decent person will be blessed.
- 1 Peter 2:9However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into his marvelous 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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