Psalms 14 · Verse 6

Psalms 14:6

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
Psalms 14:6, King James Version

Psalms 14:6 in other translations

BSBYou sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
WEBYou frustrate the plan of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
ASVYe put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.
YLTThe counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah is his refuge.
DARBYYe have shamed the counsel of the afflicted, because Jehovah was his refuge.
BBEYou have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.
WebsterYe have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

What does Psalms 14:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 14:4-6

4-6. 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 (Pr 30:14; Ha 3:14). To "call on the Lord" is to worship Him.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor - Instead of תבישו tabishu, "Ye have shamed," Bishop Horsley proposes to read תבישם tabishem, and translates the clause thus: "The counsel of the helpless man shall put them to shame." But this is not authorized by MS. or version. There is no need for any change: the psalmist refers to the confidence which the afflicted people professed to have in God for their deliverance, which confidence the Babylonians turned into ridicule. The poor people took counsel together to expect help from God and to wait patiently for it; and this counsel ye derided, because ye did not know - did not consider, that God was in the congregation of the righteous.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 14:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֲצַת\־'a.tzat-[the] plan ofH6098
עָנִ֥י'a.Ni[the] poorH6041
תָבִ֑ישׁוּta.Vi.shuyou will put to shameH954
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מַחְסֵֽהוּ\׃mach.Se.hu[is] refuge hisH4268

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Cross references for Psalms 14:6

  • 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?

  • 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:

  • 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. Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

  • Psalms 46:1

    To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

  • Psalms 22:7-8

    All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

  • 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?

  • 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 sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

  • 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 142:5

    I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

  • Psalms 3:2

    Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ye.
3:2; 4:2; 22:7,8; 42:10; Ne 4:2-4; Isa 37:10,11; Eze 35:10; Da 3:15
Mt 27:40-43
Lord.
9:9; Heb 6:18

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Context

  • Psalms 14:5

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

  • Psalms 14:6

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

  • Psalms 14:7

    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.

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Psalms 14:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El consejo del pobre habéis escarnecido, por cuanto Jehová es su esperanza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vous jetez l’opprobre sur le conseil de l’affligé, parce que l’ Éternel était sa confiance.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ihr machet zum Hohn den Ratschlag des Elenden, weil Jehova seine Zuflucht ist.