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Psalms 14:6
6You would frustrate the plan of the lowly. Surely Adonai is his refuge!
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
4“Will evildoers never understand— those who consume My people as they eat bread— and never call on Adonai?” 5There they are, in great dread. For God is with the righteous generation. You 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 14:6 word by word
עֲצַת־עָנִ֥י תָבִ֑ישׁוּ כִּ֖י יְהוָ֣ה מַחְסֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 14:6
- Psalms 3:2Adonai, how many are my foes! Many are rising up against me!
- Psalms 4:2Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness! You set me free when I am in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 22:7Am I a worm, and not a man? Am I a scorn of men, despised by people?
- Psalms 42:10I will say to God my Rock: “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning, under the oppression of the enemy?”
- Nehemiah 4:2They all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to stir up trouble against it.
- Isaiah 37:10“Thus you will say to King Hezekiah of Judah, saying, 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 said: ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine! We will possess them’—though Adonai was there—
- Daniel 3:15Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and pipes and all kinds of music you must fall down and worship the image that I have made. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire! Then what god will be able to deliver you out of my hands?”
- Matthew 27:40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If you are Ben-Elohim, come down from the stake!”
- Psalms 9:9He judges the world in righteousness and governs the peoples justly.
- Hebrews 6:18So by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to take hold of 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
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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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