Psalms 14:4–7
The Lord will overwhelm the godless with dread while bringing salvation and restoration out of Zion to His people.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on Yahweh?
5 There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6 You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.
7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
The Lord will overwhelm the godless with dread while bringing salvation and restoration out of Zion to His people.
To warn evildoers of the sudden terror of divine judgment and to offer the hope of restoration to those who find their refuge in God.
Human Corruption, Divine Examination, and Salvation from Zion
When humanity turns from God into corruption and oppression, the righteous hope in the LORD who sees, judges, shelters the poor, and brings salvation from Zion.