Psalms 53:5

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Terror will grip them, terror like they have never known before. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

Context of Psalms 53:5

3They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. 4Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God? 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. 6Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Psalms 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 26:17I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies. Those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you.
• Deuteronomy 28:65And among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and a languishing soul.
• 1 Samuel 14:15And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even the raiders trembled, the earth quaked, and it became a very great panic.
• 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us."
• Job 15:21Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
• Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
• Psalms 14:5There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
• Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
• Ezekiel 6:5And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
• Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.
• Psalms 35:4Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
• Psalms 40:14Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
• Psalms 83:16Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O Lord.
• Psalms 2:4He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
• Psalms 73:20Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
• Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: "'She despises you, she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem.

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