New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 50:21
21These things you have done and 1I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will 2reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
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 let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit. 20You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son. These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes. 22“Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver. 23He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.”
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:21 word by word
אֵ֤לֶּה עָשִׂ֨יתָ׀ וְֽהֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּי דִּמִּ֗יתָ הֱֽיוֹת־אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה כָמ֑וֹךָ אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖ וְאֶֽעֶרְכָ֣ה לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
- Theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- you have doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- I keptחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
- You thoughtדָּמָהdâmâh · to resembleH1819
- that I was just likeכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
- reproveיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
- you and stateעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
- before your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: before(the eyes)H5869
Cross-references for Psalms 50:21
- Psalms 50:3May our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around Him.
- Psalms 109:1O God of my praise, Do not be silent!
- Ecclesiastes 8:11Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.
- Isaiah 26:10Though the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
- Isaiah 57:11“Of whom were you worried and fearful When you lied, and did not remember Me Nor give Me a thought? Was I not silent even for a long time So you do not fear Me?
- Romans 2:4Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
- 2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
- Psalms 73:11They say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
- Psalms 94:7They have said, “The Lord does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
- Isaiah 40:15Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
- Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
- Psalms 50:8I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
- Proverbs 29:1A man who hardens his neck after much reproof Will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.
- Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
- Psalms 90:8You have placed 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
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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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