Psalm 14:5
New International Version
But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.

New Living Translation
Terror will grip them, for God is with those who obey him.

English Standard Version
There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.

Berean Standard Bible
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.

King James Bible
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

New King James Version
There they are in great fear, For God is with the generation of the righteous.

New American Standard Bible
There they are in great dread, For God is with a righteous generation.

NASB 1995
There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation.

NASB 1977
There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation.

Legacy Standard Bible
There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation.

Amplified Bible
There they tremble with great fear, For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.

Christian Standard Bible
Then they will be filled with dread, for God is with those who are righteous.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they will be filled with terror, for God is with those who are righteous.

American Standard Version
There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Contemporary English Version
But you will be frightened, because God is on the side of every good person.

English Revised Version
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There they are-panic-stricken because God is with the person who is righteous.

Good News Translation
But then they will be terrified, for God is with those who obey him.

International Standard Version
There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.

Majority Standard Bible
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.

NET Bible
They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly.

New Heart English Bible
There they are utterly terrified, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Webster's Bible Translation
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

World English Bible
There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They have feared a fear there, "" For God [is] in the generation of the righteous.

Young's Literal Translation
There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Smith's Literal Translation
There they feared a fear: for God is in the generation of the just one.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They have not called upon the Lord. There, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear.

New American Bible
They have good reason, then, to fear; God is with the company of the just.

New Revised Standard Version
There they shall be in great terror, for God is with the company of the righteous.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
There they were filled with awe, because God is in the generation of the righteous ones.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
There are they in great fear; For God is with the righteous generation.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
There were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear; for God is in the righteous generation.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Fool Says There is No God
4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD. 5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous. 6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.…

Cross References
Romans 3:10-18
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. / There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. / All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” ...

Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

Proverbs 1:26-27
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, / when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

James 2:19
You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

Isaiah 2:19-21
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. / In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship. / They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Revelation 6:15-17
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Job 15:21-22
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him. / He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Isaiah 13:6-8
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.

Luke 21:26
Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Ezekiel 7:16-18
The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. / Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water. / They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Isaiah 24:17-18
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth. / Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Hebrews 10:27
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

Jeremiah 30:5-7
Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace. / Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale? / How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.


Treasury of Scripture

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

were, etc.

Psalm 53:5
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Exodus 15:16
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Esther 8:7
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

God

Psalm 46:5,7,11
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early…

Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

the generation

Psalm 22:30
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Psalm 24:6
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 73:15
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

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There they are, overwhelmed with dread
This phrase captures a moment of profound realization and fear. The Hebrew word for "overwhelmed" is often associated with sudden terror or panic. In the context of Psalm 14, this dread is not merely a human emotion but a divine response to the folly of denying God. Historically, this reflects the fate of those who oppose God, as seen in various biblical narratives where enemies of Israel experience sudden fear when confronted with God's power. This serves as a reminder of the ultimate sovereignty of God and the futility of opposing Him.

for God is in the company of the righteous
The phrase "God is in the company" emphasizes God's presence and favor among His people. The Hebrew word for "company" can also mean "generation" or "assembly," indicating a collective group of the faithful. This is a powerful assurance for believers, highlighting that God dwells among those who are righteous. In a historical context, this reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where His presence was a source of protection and blessing. Scripturally, it underscores the theme of God's faithfulness to His people, providing comfort and strength to the righteous amidst a world that often denies Him.

(5) There were they.--Literally, there they feared a fear, i.e., terror overtook them. Psalms 53 adds, "which was no fear." The local "there" brings the scene before us as in a picture. We see them there before us, these wicked men; there in the midst of their intrigues, or their exactions, or their pleasures, the hand of God seizes them, and lo! they are struck with fear. We evidently have not here any indication by which to fasten on a particular event. Whether the addition in Psalms 53 gives any is discussed there.

For God is.--For the singular variation in Psalms 53 consult Note on Psalm 14:5 of that psalm. The uneasy sense that, after all, the good have God on their side--this general truth is implied in the phrase "generations of the righteous," even if first employed of faithful Israel--is always a cause of fear to the wicked.

Verse 5. - There were they in great fear. "There" - in the midst of their evil-doing, while they are devouring God's people - a sudden terror seizes on them. Psalm 53:5 adds, "Where no fear was," which seems to imply a panic terror, like that which seized the Syrians when they were besieging Samaria (2 Kings 7:6, 7). For God is in the generation of the righteous. God's people cannot be attacked without provoking him; they ere in him, and he in them; he will assuredly come to their relief.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
There they are,
שָׁ֤ם ׀ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

overwhelmed
פָּ֣חֲדוּ (pā·ḥă·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6342: To dread, be in dread or in awe

with dread,
פָ֑חַד (p̄ā·ḥaḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6343: A, alarm

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

God
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

[is] in the company
בְּד֣וֹר (bə·ḏō·wr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

of the righteous.
צַדִּֽיק׃ (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous


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