Psalms 14:5
3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
4 Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
6 You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
- KJV
- There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- WEB
- There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- ASV
- There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.
- DARBY
- There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- BLB
- There they tremble with dread, for God [is] in the generation of the righteous.
- ÅB
- Da skal de bli forferdet;
for Gud er med de rettferdige. - OTB
- Der er de grepet av stor frykt,
For Gud er med den rettferdiges slekt. - B1930
- Da forferdes de såre; for Gud er med den rettferdige slekt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 112:2
His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Read in contextPsalms 73:15
If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
Read in contextPsalms 24:6
Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
Read in contextIsaiah 43:1–2
Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
Read in contextEsther 8:7
So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
Read in contextPsalms 46:11
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Read in context1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:10
Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
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