Psalms 53:5 meaning and explanation
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
Psalms 53:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Psalm 53 is a wisdom psalm of David, and verse 5 turns suddenly from the folly of the wicked to their collapse. The enemies who "devoured my people like bread" are struck with panic where no danger existed, and God scatters their bones as a besieging army is broken and left unburied.
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