Psalms · Psalm 53
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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The verses immediately either side, within Psalm 53.
Before
4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God?
Psalm 53:5
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.
After
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.
This verse does not yet have an editorial note of its own. The chapter it belongs to is the best place to read it: Psalm 53.