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.
• 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

3Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one. 4Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up My people as though they ate bread And have not called upon God? There they were in great fear where no fear had been; For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you; You put them to shame, because God had rejected them. 6Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores His captive 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

• Thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• they were in greatפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• had beenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• For Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• scatteredפָּזַרpâzar · to scatterH6340
• the bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• him who encampedחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• putבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• had rejectedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988

Cross-references for Psalms 53:5

• Leviticus 26:17I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.
• Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.
• 1 Samuel 14:15And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a great trembling.
• 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, even 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 the Egyptians, to come upon us.”
• Job 15:21Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
• Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
• Psalms 14:5There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation.
• Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
• Ezekiel 6:5I will also lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of 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 by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.
• Psalms 35:4Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
• Psalms 40:14Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt.
• Psalms 83:16Fill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
• Psalms 2:4He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.
• Psalms 73:20Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
• Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: “She has despised you and mocked you, The virgin daughter of Zion; She has shaken 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