Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 53:5
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.
Psalms 53:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
- New International Version (NIV)But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread. God scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God despised them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There they are in great fear Where no fear was, For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; You have put them to shame, Because God has despised them.
Context of Psalms 53:5
3All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. 4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God. There 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. 6Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
Read all of Psalms 53Psalms 53:5 word by word
שָׁ֤ם׀ פָּֽחֲדוּ־פַחַד֮ לֹא־הָ֪יָה֫ פָ֥חַד כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֗ים פִּ֭זַּר עַצְמ֣וֹת חֹנָ֑ךְ הֱ֝בִשֹׁ֗תָה כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים מְאָסָֽם׃Read the interlinear
- There they areשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
- overwhelmedפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342
- with dreadפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
- there wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- nothingלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- has scatteredפָּזַרpâzar · to scatterH6340
- the bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
- of those who besieged youחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
- You put them to shameבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
- has despised themמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
Cross-references for Psalms 53:5
- Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
- 1 Samuel 14:15Then panic struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked, and panic spread from God.
- 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
- Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Psalms 14:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
- Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
- Ezekiel 6:5I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
- Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
- Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalms 83:16Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
- Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
- Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
- Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Commentaries on Psalms 53:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them - The reader will see, on comparing this with the fifth and sixth verses of Psalm 14:1-7, that the words above are mostly added here to what is said there; and appear to be levelled against the Babylonians, who sacked and ruined Jerusalem, and who were now sacked and ruined in their turn. The sixth verse of Psalm 14:1-7, "Ye…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5There were they in great fear - Margin, as in Hebrew, “they feared a fear.” For the general meaning of the verse, see the notes at Psalm 14:5. There is, however, an important change introduced here - the most important in the psalm. The general sentiment of two verses Psalm 14:5-6 in Psalm 14:1-7 is here compressed into one, and yet with such an important change as to show that it was by design, and apparently to adapt it to some new circumstance. The…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5scattered the bones: Israel's enemies would face a shameful defeat and would not have the peaceful rest of a proper burial (compare Psalm 141:7; 2 Kings 9:10; Jeremiah 8:1–2; Ezekiel 6:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Instead of assurances of God's presence with the pious, and a complaint of the wicked, Psa 14:5, 6 portrays the ruin of the latter, whose "bones" even "are scattered" (compare Psa 141:7), and who are put to shame as contemptuously rejected of God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 53
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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