Psalms 14:6

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
shamed	תָבִ֑ישׁוּ ta.Vi.shu	H954	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
counsel	עֲצַת 'a.tzat-	H6098	advice · noun, common feminine singular construct
poor	עָנִ֥י 'a.Ni	H6041	depressed · adjective, masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
refuge	מַחְסֵֽהוּ mach.Se.hu	H4268	a shelter (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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.
Psalms 42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Nehemiah 4:2-4 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacri…
Psalms 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Psalms 22:7-8 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psalms 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 14:4–end

In these verses the psalmist endeavours, I. To convince sinners of the evil and danger of the way they are in, how secure soever they are in that way. Three things he shows them, which, it may be, they are not very willing to see - their wickedness, their folly, and their danger, while they are apt to believe themselves very wise, and good, and safe. See here, 1. Their wickedness. This is described in four instances: - (1.) They are themselves workers of iniquity; they design it, they practise it, and take as much pleasure in it as ever any man did in his business. (2.) They eat up God's people with as much greediness as they eat bread, such an innate and inveterate enmity they have to them,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 14:4

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 (Pro 30:14; Hab 3:14). To "call on the Lord" is to worship Him.

John Gill on Psalms 14:6

You have shamed the counsel of the poor,.... The poor saints, the Lord's people, the generation of the righteous, who are generally the poor of this world; poor in spirit, and an afflicted people: and the counsel of them intends not the counsel which they give to others, but the counsel which they receive from the Lord, from the Spirit of counsel, which rests upon them, and with which they are guided; and this is to trust in the Lord, and to make him their refuge; and which is good advice, the best of counsel. Happy and safe are they that take it! But this is derided by wicked and ungodly men; they mock at the poor saints for it, and endeavour to shame them out of it; but hope makes not asha…

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John Calvin on Psalms 14:5-6

Psalm 14:5-6 5. There did they tremble with fear, [287] for God is in [or with, or for [288] ] the generation of the righteous. 6. Ye deride the counsel of the poor, because Jehovah is his hope. 5. There did they tremble with fear, The prophet now encourages himself and all the faithful with the best of all consolations, namely, that God will not forsake his people even to the end, but will at length show himself to be their defender. Some explain the adverb of place there, as meaning that God will take vengeance on the wicked in the presence of his saints, because they exercised their tyranny upon them. But I rather think that by this word there is expressed the certainty of their punishm…

The Church Fathers

Like the general over the soldiers and the king over the senate, God is over the generation of the righteous.… If God is in the midst of two or three, how much more is he found in the generation of the righteous where there is a battle-free life, a lack of sadness, rest and inheritance and a kingdom without end.
— Asterius of Cappadocia, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 25:40

These words that are now put forth can be understood in my opinion in light of the Jews trying to upset the plan of the Savior, because they thought that he was lacking power. They did not consider carefully the treasure of his divinity. So they always contradicted his teaching, and the power of his miracles they misrepresented as not from divine power but as having been worked through some other source.
— Eusebius of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 14:6

"For God is in the just generation." It refers to what went before, so that the sense is, "shall not all they that work iniquity know that the Lord is in the just generation;" that is, He is not in them who love the world. For it is unjust to leave the Maker of the worlds, and "serve the creature more than the Creator." [Romans 1:25] You have shamed the counsel of the poor, for the Lord is his hope [Psalm 14:6]: that is, you have despised the humble coming of the Son of God, because ye saw not in Him the pomp of the world: that they, whom he was calling, should put their hope in God alone, not in the things that pass away.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 14

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Dictionary and topics

Babylon · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Contempt · The wicked exhibit towards: The poor — The wicked exhibit towards: The poor
Infidelity · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Poor, The · God: Is the refuge of — God: Is the refuge of
Protection · Is afforded to: The poor — Is afforded to: The poor

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 14:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 14:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 14:4

John Gill on Psalms 14:6

John Calvin on Psalms 14:5-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 14:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 14:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 14:4

John Gill on Psalms 14:6

John Calvin on Psalms 14:5-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 14:6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 14:5

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 14:6