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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 53:5

Scattered — Hath not only broken their bones, their strength, and force, but also dispersed them hither and thither, so as there is no hope of a restoration. Thee — Against my people. Thou — Thou oh Jerusalem, which they besiege.

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See also Psalms 53:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 53:5. _FOR 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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THERE WERE THEY IN GREAT FEAR ... - Margin, as in Hebrew, “they feared a fear.” For the general meaning of the verse, see the notes at Psalms 14:5. There is, however, an important change introduced he...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 53 The Apostasy Under the Man of Sin This Psalm is in greater part the same as the fourteenth. It is the description of the apostasy, the complete turning away from God and opposition to God...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LIII. See Psalms 14....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FOR GOD HATH SCATTERED. This is an addition to Psalms 14. DESPISED THEM. Here, the wicked are in question. In Psalms 14:5, the righteous....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _There_points to some signal instance in which panic terror and overwhelming calamity overtook the -workers of iniquity" who came to devour the people of God. They were seized with a supernaturally in...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The corruption of mankind exemplified in their treatment of God's people; and His Providence demonstrated in the deliverance of them....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR GOD HATH SCATTERED THE BONES OF HIM— This is generally referred to Sheba; who, being left at last to shift for himself, was shut up in the city of Abel, and there taken and beheaded; (see 2 Samuel...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 53, 54 Psalms 53 (Lm.) An Instructive-psalmBy David. (_N.B.For Title, Analysis and Exposition of this psalm, see Psalms 14_, _with which this psalm is practically identicalthis being an Eloh...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is a second version of Psalms 14 with the important difference that GOD (_Elohim_) is everywhere substituted for the LORD (_Jehovah_). There are a few other variations and additions, especially i...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD HATH scattered the bones of him that ENCAMPETH _against_ THEE] This is the most important addition in the Ps., and seems to point to some definite historical occasion for which Psalms 14 was adapt...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHERE NO FEAR WAS. — This — the most interesting variation from Psalms 14 — appears plainly to have been inserted to bring the Psalm into harmony with some circumstance belonging to the time for which...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 53:6]_ שָׁ֤ם ׀ פָּֽחֲדוּ ־פַחַד֮ לֹא ־הָ֪יָה֫...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 53:1 IN this psalm we have an Elohistic recast of Psalms 14:1, differing from its original in substituting _ Elohim_ for _ Jehovah_ (four times) and in the language of Psalms 53:5. There are al...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SINNERS ALL-GOD ALONE CAN HELP Psalms 53:1; Psalms 54:1 That Psalms 53:1 should be a repetition of Psalms 14:1, with very few variations,

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This psalm, with slight variations, is found in the first book Psalms 14:1). Its introduction a second time necessarily leads us to notice the differences. In all probability the editor incorporated i...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    There were they in great fear, [where] no (e) fear was: for God hath scattered the (f) bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them. (e) W...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Strangers. Barbarous, (Worthington) enemies, though of the same tribe. (Calmet) --- Hostis dicebatur quem nunc peregrinum dicimus. (Cicero, Off. i.) --- The devil and our passions, as well as the wor...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Psalms 53 we have the wicked in general, the whole mass of the people, all, save where grace had come in. It is the same as Psalms 14, but does not speak of Jehovah, but of God, for the remnant are...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THERE WERE THEY IN GREAT, FEAR, [WHERE] NO FEAR WAS,.... Before; neither of God nor man, nor any dread of punishment, but the utmost security, Revelation 18:7; also Psalms 14:5; FOR GOD HATH SCATTER...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 5. _Ther...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Where no fear was_ Where there was no great or sufficient cause of fear. They who designed to secure themselves from all fear and danger, by their contempt of God, and by the persecution of good men,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    There were they in great fear, filled with the terror of the Lord's judgment, WHERE NO FEAR WAS, when they had seen no reason to be terrified. The enemies had considered themselves secure, they were w...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF THE CORRUPTION AND SALVATION OF MEN. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of public worship, upon Mahalath, in a sorrowful manner, agreeing with the general tone of the hymn, Masc...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WERE THEY IN GREAT FEAR: _ Heb._ they feared a fear...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHERE NO FEAR WAS, i.e. where there was no great nor sufficient cause of fear. See Leviticus 26:36 Deuteronomy 28:65 Job 15:21 Proverbs 28

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 53:5 great H6343 fear H6342 (H8804) fear H6343 God H430 scattered H6340 (H8765) bones H6106 encamps...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    IN THEIR FOLLY THE NATIONS HAVE INVADED ISRAEL/JUDAH AND, BEING REJECTED BY GOD, HAVE BEEN UTTERLY DEFEATED (PSALMS 53:5). Psalms 53:5 ‘There were they in great fear, where no fear was, For God has...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The foolishness and iniquity of atheism. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Bad practices are the fruit of bad principles and bad principles are the natural fruit of denial of God. Atheists, whe...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm, the same as the fourteenth, is repeated here, and was sung in plaintive strains when Sennacherib invaded Judea, as is affirmed by Origen, Theodoret, and others. Psalms 53:1. _The fool,_ th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then were they in great fear where no fear was._ IDLE FEARS Every one must have heard of borrowing trouble. It is generally done by persons who have little real trouble of their own. Now, this habit...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 53:1. This psalm is almost identical to Psalms 14:1. The two psalms were probably alternate versions of the same hymn before they were include

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION According to the superscription this Psalm was composed by David and dedicated “To the Chief Musician;” to be used in public worship under his direction. The term “_upon Mahalath_” is var...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIs psalm is a repetition of Psalms 45:1; with certain not very important variations. The most remarkable is the substitution throughout of" Elohim" for "Jehovah." The only variations whic...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 53:1-6 is the same as Psalms 14:1-7. These are similar psalms. There are about three places where psalms repeat themselves, not in total, such as... this is pretty much in total with Psalms 14:1-7...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 14:15; 2 Kings 7:6; 2 Kings 7:7; Deuteronomy 28:65; E

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Doesn’t this verse contradict itself? PROBLEM: The psalmist said, “they are in great fear where no fear was.” But how could they be in fear if there was no fear there? SOLUTION: The Bible critic here...

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