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Psalm 53:5

World English Bible

There they were 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 rejected them.

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Psalm 53:5 in other translations

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 rejected them.

Psalm 53:5 · American Standard Version

Psalm 53:5 in context

  1. 3Every one of them has gone back.
    They have become filthy together.
    There is no one who does good, no, not one.
  2. 4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
    who eat up my people as they eat bread,
    and don’t call on God?
  3. 5There they were 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 rejected them.
  4. 6Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
    When God brings back his people from captivity,
    then Jacob shall rejoice,
    and Israel shall be glad.