Psalms 14:6
You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
BSB
ASV
Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.
KJV
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
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.
Notwithstanding their real cowardice, the wicked put on the lion's skin and lord it over the Lord's poor ones. Though fools themselves, they mock at the truly wise as if the folly were on their side; but this is what might be expected, for how should brutish minds appreciate excellence, and how can those who have owl's eyes admire the sun? The special point and butt of their jest seems to be the confidence of the godly in their Lord. What can your God do for you now? Who is that God who can deliver out of our hand?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
leads to
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Through
Psalms 9:9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
leads to
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah