The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 53:5
There were they in great fear, where no fear was . So long a phrase as "where no fear was" ( לא־היה כּחד ) can scarcely have "fallen out," and must have been added intentionally to mark that, on the occasion in connection with which the revision was made, there had been no ground at all for the panic. For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee . This clause takes the place of the following in Psalms 14:1-7 .: "For God is in the generation of the... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 53:4
For "the workers of iniquity" in this verse, Psalms 14:1-7 . has "all the workers of iniquity "—a difference wholly unimportant. read more