“There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.”
The affirmation that they shall be greatly terrified because God is with the righteous generation establishes that God sides with the righteous and will ultimately strike fear into the wicked. The terror of the wicked suggests that divine judgment will vindicate the righteous's faith and punish the wicked's arrogance. The mention of righteous generation suggests that those who maintain faith constitute an alternative community to the wicked's destructive society. This verse asserts that God recognizes and protects His covenant people.
Church Fathers on Psalms 14:5
To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. What “to the end” means, must not be too often repeated. “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes;” Romans 10:4 as the Apostle says. We believe in Him, when we begin to enter on the good road: we shall see Him, when we shall get to the end. And therefore is He the end. 2. “The fool has said in his heart, There is no God” Psalm 13:1. For not even have certain sacrilegious and abominable…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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