Psalms 14:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shamed, i.e. desired and endeavoured to bring it to shame, or disappoint it. Compare Psalms 6:10. Or, ye have reproached or derided it, as a foolish thing. The counsel of the poor, 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. Because; this was the ground of their contempt and scorn, that he lived by faith in God's 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 justify their counsel which you deride.