New English Translation
Psalms 50:22
22Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able 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 plot against your brother; you slander your own brother. 21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you! Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you. 23Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:22 word by word
בִּֽינוּ־נָ֣א זֹ֭את שֹׁכְחֵ֣י אֱל֑וֹהַּ פֶּן־אֶ֝טְרֹ֗ף וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 50:22
- Deuteronomy 32:18You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Haggai 1:5Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Think carefully about what you are doing.
- Luke 15:17But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
- Psalms 9:17The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
- Psalms 10:4The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”
- Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,
- Isaiah 51:13Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?
- Jeremiah 2:32Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.
- Hosea 4:6You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.
- John 5:14After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well. Don’t sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you.”
- John 13:8Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”
- Revelation 6:16They said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,
- Psalms 7:2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.
- 2 Samuel 22:42They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out 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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