Tree of Life Version
Psalms 14:5
5There they are, in great dread. For God is with the righteous generation.
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 all turned aside, became corrupt. There is no one who does good —not even one. 4“Will evildoers never understand— those who consume My people as they eat bread— and never call on Adonai?” There they are, in great dread. For God is with the righteous generation. 6You would frustrate the plan of the lowly. Surely Adonai is his refuge! 7O may He give Israel’s salvation out of Zion! When Adonai restores His captive 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 53:5Will the evildoers never learn? They consume My people as they would eat bread, and never call upon God.
- Exodus 15:16Terror and dread will fall on them. By the greatness of Your arm they become still as a stone, till Your people cross over, Adonai, till the people whom You purchased cross over.
- Esther 8:7King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “I have decided to give Haman’s estate to Esther and had him hanged on the gallows, because he stretched out his hand against the Jews.
- Proverbs 1:26I in turn will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when dread comes on you,
- Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Psalms 46:5There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God— the holy dwelling place of Elyon.
- Isaiah 8:10Take counsel together, but it will amount to nothing. Speak a word, but it will not stand. For God is with us!
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, inhabitant of Zion! For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
- Isaiah 41:10Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Surely I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 43:1But now, thus says Adonai— the One who created you, O Jacob, the One who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by name, you are Mine.
- Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and give birth to a son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”
- Psalms 22:30All the rich of the earth will feast and worship. Everyone who goes down to the dust will kneel before Him—even the one who could not keep his own soul alive.
- Psalms 24:6Such is the generation seeking Him, seeking Your face, even Jacob! Selah
- Psalms 73:15If I had said: “I will speak thus,” surely I would have betrayed a generation of Your children.
- Psalms 112:2His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One 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
In the dictionaries
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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