Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 14:6

6. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor ; because the LORD is his refuge.

(i. e.) Desired and endeavoured to bring it to Shame or disappoint it. Comp. Psal. 6. 10. Or, ye have reproached or derided it, as a foolish thing.

(i. e.) The cause which he hath taken to defend himself, which is not by lying and flattery and violence, and all manner of Wickedness, which is your Counsel and usual Practice, but by trusting in God and keeping his way, and calling upon his Name.

This was the ground of their Contempt and Scorn, that he lived by Faith in Gods promise and Providence. Or, but, as in the foregoing Verse: So there seems to be an Elegant and fit Opposition. You reproach them, but God will own and Protect them, and justifie their Counsel which you deride.

Marginal references: Psal. 22. 7. 8.