5. They were in great fear, where no fear was. David sees the end of the ungodly, and the ultimate triumph of the
spiritual. The rebellious march in fury against the gracious, but suddenly they
are seized with a causeless panic. In this, Psalm 53 differs much from Psalm 14.
It expresses a higher state of realization in the poet; he emphasizes the truth
by stronger expressions. Without cause the wicked are alarmed. He who denies
God is at bottom a coward. For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee. When the wicked see the destruction of their
fellows they may well quail. Mighty were the hosts which besieged Zion, but
they were defeated, and their unburied carcasses proved the prowess of the God
whose being they dared to deny. Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. God’s people may well look with derision on their
enemies since the Lord our God considers them as less than nothing and vanity.
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