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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.
Psalms 53:5 — KJV
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Psalms 53:5
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Psalms 53:5
Theological / DevotionalIn great fear. Verse 5 shows considerable variation from Ps. 14:5, 6.
Where no fear was. There was no occasion for fear, since God was on their side. Some have conjectured that this phrase was added by an inspired scribe to adapt the psalm to use at the time of some great deliverance, as at the time of the overthrow of Sennacherib’s army (see 2 Kings 19:20–36).
Scattered the bones. The bodies of the invaders were left unburied (see Eze. 6:5). The idea of a dead body’s not receiving honorable burial was most abhorrent to the Oriental mind. This part of the psalm appears to indicate the background of an attack on Jerusalem, which had been repelled, or a siege of the city, which the enemy had raised.
Put them to shame. The falsity of the utterance, “There is no God,” had been proved by the defeat of these mockers by an act of God, not by Israel’s superior strength.
Despised. Heb. ma’as, “rejected.”
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