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Psalms 53:5
5But now they are very afraid when there is nothing to be afraid of! God has completely won against his enemies, the people that attack you, his people. God has turned against them, so you are able to make them ashamed!
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
3But they have all turned away. They have all become evil. Nobody does anything that is good, not even one person. 4People who do wicked things understand nothing. They destroy my people as easily as they eat bread. They never pray to God. But now they are very afraid when there is nothing to be afraid of! God has completely won against his enemies, the people that attack you, his people. God has turned against them, so you are able to make them ashamed! 6God, you are the one who saves your people, Israel! Leave your home in Zion and make your people strong again! When God blesses his people, Jacob's descendants will sing! Yes, Israel's people will be very happy!
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- There were they in greatפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
- fearפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342
- was: for Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- hath scatteredפָּזַרpâzar · to scatterH6340
- the bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
- of him that encampethחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
- to shameבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
- hath despisedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
Cross-references for Psalms 53:5
- Leviticus 26:17God will fight against you. Your enemies will win the war. They will become your rulers. Your soldiers will run away even when nobody is running after them.
- Deuteronomy 28:65When you live among those nations, you will not be happy. You will not find a home where you can live safely in peace. The Lord will cause you to have troubles in your mind. Your eyes will not see well. You will be sad and upset.
- 1 Samuel 14:15All the other soldiers in the Philistine army then became very afraid. This included the soldiers in the camp, those in the fields, those who were guards, and the groups who were attacking other towns. Even the ground shook because God had made them all very afraid.
- 2 Kings 7:6The Lord God had caused the Syrian soldiers to hear the sound of horses, chariots and a very big army. So they said among themselves, ‘Listen! The king of Israel has paid the king of the Hittites and the king of Egypt to come here and attack us!’
- Job 15:21He will hear things that frighten him. He may think that he is safe, but robbers will attack him.
- Proverbs 28:1A wicked person runs away even when nobody is chasing him. But a righteous person is as brave as a lion.
- Psalms 14:5Look at them! Now they are very afraid! They see that God is with the people who obey him.
- Psalms 141:7It will be like a farmer who ploughs his field, and breaks the earth into pieces. Just like that, they will break the bones of wicked people. They will throw their bones on the ground at the entrance to Sheol.
- Ezekiel 6:5The dead bodies of you people of Israel will lie in front of your idols. I will cause soldiers to throw your bones on the ground around the altars.
- Ezekiel 37:1The Lord took hold of me with great power. In a vision, the Lord's Spirit took me to the middle of a valley. Bones covered all the ground there.
- Psalms 35:4Cause the people who want to kill me to become ashamed. Chase away the people who want to hurt me, so that they become confused.
- Psalms 40:14Chase away the people who want to kill me! Cause them to become ashamed and confused. Chase away the people who want to hurt me, so that they run away in shame.
- Psalms 83:16Cause them to be very ashamed, Lord, so that they might turn to you.
- Psalms 2:4The Lord who sits on his throne in heaven laughs at them. He says that their plans are useless.
- Psalms 73:20They will completely disappear, like a dream disappears after you wake up. Lord, when you decide to do something, you will forget that they were there!
- Isaiah 37:22This is the Lord's reply. The Lord says this about King Sennacherib: “The holy people of Zion laugh at you! They think that you are useless. Yes, the people of Jerusalem shake their heads as you run away.
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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