Psalms 50:21

Psalms 50:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
• New International Version (NIV)When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes.

Context of Psalms 50:21

19You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. 20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face. 22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: 23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”

Psalms 50:21 word by word

אֵ֤לֶּה עָשִׂ֨יתָ׀ וְֽהֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּי דִּמִּ֗יתָ הֱֽיוֹת־אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה כָמ֑וֹךָ אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖ וְאֶֽעֶרְכָ֣ה לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• You have doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• these thingsאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• and I kept silentחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
• you thoughtדָּמָהdâmâh · to resembleH1819
• I wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• just like youכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
• But now I rebuke youיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
• and accuse youעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
• to your faceעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: before(the eyes)H5869

Cross-references for Psalms 50:21

• Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
• Psalms 109:1O God of my praise, be not silent.
• Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
• Isaiah 26:10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
• Isaiah 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
• Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
• 2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
• Psalms 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
• Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
• Isaiah 40:15Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
• Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
• Psalms 50:8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
• Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Revelation 3:19Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
• Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Commentaries on Psalms 50:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21These things hast thou done - My eye has been continually upon you, though my judgments have not been poured out: and because I was silent, thou didst suppose I was such as thyself; but I will reprove thee, etc. I will visit for these things.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence - Compare the notes at Isaiah 18:4. The meaning is, that while they did these things - while they committed these abominations - he did not interfere. He did not come forth in his anger to destroy them. He had borne all this with patience. He had borne this until it was now time that he should interpose Isaiah 18:3, and state the true principles of his government, and warn then of the consequences of such a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-23Verses 16-23 Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common, for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others, to live in disobedience to them themselves. This delusion arises from the abuse of God's long-suffering, and a wilful mistake of his character and the intention of his gospel. The sins of sinners will be fully proved on them in the judgment of the great day. The day is coming when God will set their sins in order, sins of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Because he is patient, God remained silent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. God, no longer (even in appearance) disregarding such, exposes their sins and threatens a terrible punishment.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 50:21

• Blasphemy
• God Continued...
• Impenitence
• Infidelity
• Judgments
• Punishment
• Security

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Psalms
• Reprove
• Anthropomorphism
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Commentaries on Psalms 50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings