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Psalms 50:22
22“Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you.
Psalms 50:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- New International Version (NIV)“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, And there be none to deliver:
Context of Psalms 50:22
20You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother’s son. 21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you. “Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you. 23Whoever offers a thanksgiving sacrifice honors me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God.”
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:22 word by word
בִּֽינוּ־נָ֣א זֹ֭את שֹׁכְחֵ֣י אֱל֑וֹהַּ פֶּן־אֶ֝טְרֹ֗ף וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 50:22
- Deuteronomy 32:18You ignored the Rock who gave you birth; you forgot the God who gave birth to you.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that no one can discover anything that will come after him.
- Ezekiel 18:28He will certainly live because he thought it over and turned from all the transgressions he had committed; he will not die.
- Haggai 1:5Now, the Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways:
- Luke 15:17When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!
- Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol — all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 10:4In all his scheming, the wicked person arrogantly thinks, “There’s no accountability, since there’s no God.”
- Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
- Isaiah 51:13But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You are in constant dread all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who has set himself to destroy. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Jeremiah 2:32Can a young woman forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet my people have forgotten me for countless days.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.
- John 5:14After this, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”
- John 13:8“You will never wash my feet,” Peter said. Jesus replied, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
- Revelation 6:16And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,
- Psalms 7:2or they will tear me like a lion, ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.
- 2 Samuel 22:42They look, but there is no one to save them — they look to the Lord, but he does not answer them.
Commentaries on Psalms 50:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Now consider this - Ye have forgotten your God, and sinned against him. He has marked down all your iniquities, and has them in order to exhibit against you. Beware, therefore, lest he tear you to pieces, when there is none to deliver; for none can deliver you but the Christ you reject. And how can ye escape, if ye neglect so great a salvation?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Now consider this - Understand this; give attention to this. The word “now” does not well express the force of the original. The Hebrew word is not an adverb of “time,” but a particle denoting “entreaty,” and would be better rendered by, “Oh, consider this;” or, “Consider this, I beseech you.” The matter is presented to them as that which deserved their most solemn attention. Ye that forget God - Who really forget him though you are professedly engaged in…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. 22God will destroy the wicked like a lion tearing its prey (Isaiah 5:29; 31:4; Ezekiel 19:3; compare Psalms 7:2; 22:13).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
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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
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