There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
Parallel translations
- WEB There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- KJV There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- NKJV There they are in great fear, For God is with the generation of the righteous.
- NASB There they are in great dread, For God is with a righteous generation.
- NLT Terror will grip them, for God is with those who obey him.
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Quick answer
The wicked are seized with sudden terror because God stands with the righteous. It matters because God's presence among his people is their security and the dread of their enemies.
Overview
Those who scorned God are overtaken by great fear, for Yahweh dwells in the generation of the righteous. The very God they denied proves to be present and powerful on behalf of his own. This anticipates the gospel assurance that God is for those who are his, so that no opposition can finally stand.
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- Ps 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Ps 73:15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
- Ps 24:6Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
- Isa 43:1–2Now this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
- Ps 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- Esth 8:7So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
- Prov 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Prov 1:26–27in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
- Ps 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Exod 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Ps 53:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
- Isa 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
- Isa 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
- Ps 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Ps 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Isa 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
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