Psalm 53:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

There

Were they in great fear

Psalm 14:5

Scattered

Psalm 141:7

Ezekiel 6:5

Ezekiel 37:1

Thou hast

Psalm 35:4

Psalm 40:14

Psalm 83:16

Because

Lamentations 2:6

General references

Numbers 22:3

Jeremiah 49:15

Bible References

There

I'll set my face against you so that you'll be defeated before your enemies. Those who hate you will have dominion over you and you'll keep fleeing even when no one is pursuing you.

Among those nations you'll have no rest. There'll be no resting place for the soles of your feet. Instead, the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a despairing spirit.

There was terror in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders were terrified. The earth shook, and there was even greater terror.

The LORD had made the Aramean army hear the sounds of chariots, horses, and a large army, so they told one another, "Look! The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the Egyptians to come attack us!"

Terrifying sounds ring in his ears; when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack him.

The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.

Were they in great fear

There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.

Scattered

Just as one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered near the entrance to the place of the dead.

I'll place the corpses of the Israelis in front of their idols. I'll scatter your bones around your altar.

The LORD laid his hand on me and brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD to the middle of a valley that was filled with bones.

Thou hast

Let those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced; let those who plot evil against me be driven back and confounded.

May those who seek to destroy my life be ashamed and confounded; let them be driven backwards and humiliated, particularly those who wish me evil.

Fill their faces with shame until they seek your name, God.

Because

He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

Like a dream when one awakens, Lord, you will despise their image when you arise.

This is the message that the LORD has spoken in opposition to him: ""The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem she tosses her head behind you as you flee.

They're called reject silver, because the LORD has rejected them.

He plowed under his Temple like a garden, spoiling his tent. The LORD abolished in Zion both festivals and Sabbaths. In his fierce wrath he despised both king and priest.

General references

As a result, Moab greatly feared the people, because they were so numerous. Because a sense of impending doom was afflicting the Moabites as they faced the Israelis,

Indeed, I'll make you the least of the nations, despised among men.