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

And I will set my face against you, and you shall be defeated {before} your enemies; and your haters shall rule over you, and you shall flee away, but there shall not be {anybody who is pursuing} you.

And among these nations you shall not find rest, and [there] shall not be a resting place for the sole of your foot, and Yahweh shall give you there an anxious heart and a weakening of eyes and a languishing of [your] inner self.

Then there was terror in the camp, in the open field, and among all the army of the garrison. Even the {raiders} trembled. The earth shook, and it became {a very great panic}.

Now the Lord had caused the camp of [the] Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, the sound of horses, and the sound of a great army. So they said {to one another}, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us!"

Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him.

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

Were they in great fear

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

Scattered

As [when one] plows and breaks up the earth, [so] our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

and I will place the corpses of the children of Israel {before} their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me by the Spirit of Yahweh, and he {let me rest} in the midst of the valley, and it [was] full of bones.

Thou hast

Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated. Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed.

Let them be shamed and abashed altogether who seek to take away my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated [who] desire my harm.

Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O Yahweh.

Because

[He who] sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs. The Lord derides them.

Like a dream upon awakening, when [you] wake up, O Lord, you will despise their fleeting form.

this [is] the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: She shows contempt for you; she derides you, virgin daughter of Zion; she shakes [her] head behind you, daughter of Jerusalem.

{They are called} rejected silver, For Yahweh has rejected them."

He has broken down {his dwelling} place like the garden; he has ruined his appointed feasts; Yahweh has made [them] forget in Zion {festival} and Sabbath, and he has despised in his anger king and priest.

General references

and Moab was very terrified in the presence of the people because {they} [were] numerous; and Moab dreaded the presence of the {Israelites}.

"For look, I will make you small among the nations, despised by the humankind.