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The Believer's 'Counsel'
Commentators unanimously explain that the "counsel of the poor" is not advice they give, but rather their personal plan and decision to trust in God. The righteous, often afflicted and in need, make a conscious choice to rely on the Lord as their refuge, a strategy the wicked find foolish and mock.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 14:6
18th Century
Theologian
You have shamed — The address here is made directly to the wicked themselves, to show them the baseness of their own conduct, and, perhaps, …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 14:6
19th Century
Bishop
Counsel. —This confidence, this piety, this appeal addressed to the supreme Protector, is in this verse called the “counsel,” the …
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 14:6
19th Century
Preacher
They mocked at the idea of a man's trusting in God for his daily bread, or trusting in God for his eternal salvation; but, mock as people may, ther…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 14:6
16th Century
Theologian
You deride the counsel of the poor. He inveighs against those giants who mock the faithful for their simplicity, in calmly expecting, in t…
John Gill
On Psalms 14:6
17th Century
Pastor
You have shamed the counsel of the poor
The poor saints, the Lord's people, the generation of the righteous, who are…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 14:1–7
17th Century
Minister
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. The sinner described here is an atheist, one who says there is no Judge or Governor of t…