English Standard Version
Psalms 50:22
22"Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
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:
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, And there be none to deliver:
- New Living Translation (NLT)Repent, all of you who forget me, or I will tear you apart, and no one will help you.
Context of Psalms 50:22
20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21These 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. "Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver! 23The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show 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 were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
- Haggai 1:5Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
- Luke 15:17"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
- Psalms 9:17The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 10:4In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."
- Job 8:13Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
- Isaiah 51:13and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the wrath of the oppressor?
- Jeremiah 2:32Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
- John 5:14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you."
- John 13:8Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me."
- Revelation 6:16calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
- Psalms 7:2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
- 2 Samuel 22:42They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did 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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