Psalms 14:6

Poverty and the vulnerable Protection and safety

⁴ Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

⁵ There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

⁷ Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
KJV: Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
WEB: You frustrate the plan of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
ASV: Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.
DARBY: Ye have shamed the counsel of the afflicted, because Jehovah [was] his refuge.
BLB: The counsel of the poor you⁺ have shamed, for YHWH [is] his place of refuge.

ÅB: Bare undertrykk den hjelpeløses planer,
for Herren er hans tilflukt!
OTB: Dere søker å gjøre de fattiges planer til skamme,
Men Herren er deres tilflukt.
B1930: Gjør bare den elendiges råd til skamme! For Herren er hans tilflukt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 9:9
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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Psalms 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
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Psalms 42:10
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
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Ezekiel 35:10
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
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Isaiah 37:10–11
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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Psalms 22:7–8
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
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Daniel 3:15
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
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