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Psalms 14:6

Psalms 14:6
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ye have shamed - The address here is made directly to the wicked themselves, to show them the baseness of their own conduct, and, perhaps, in connection with the previous verse, to show them what…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 14:4-7

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

You have shamed R.V., Ye put to shame. You deride the resort of the afflicted to Jehovah as mere folly. But the word usually means to frustrateor confound: and the line maybe explained, -Would ye…