Add parallel Print Page Options

But later they will be filled with terror,
    for God is on the side of the righteous.[a]
They sought to crush the hopes of the poor,[b]
    but the Lord is their refuge.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 14:5 God is on the side of the righteous and, anytime he wishes, strikes sudden terror in the hearts of the wicked (see Deut 28:67; 1 Sam 14:15; 2 Chr 14:13; Job 3:25). Righteous: see note on Ps 1:5.
  2. Psalm 14:6 Poor: see note on Ps 22:27.

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.

Read full chapter

There they are in great fear,
For God is with the generation of the righteous.
You shame the counsel of the poor,
But the Lord is his (A)refuge.

Read full chapter