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Psalms 50:22
22“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with 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.
- 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:
- 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 testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son. 21When 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. “Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: 23Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation.”
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 deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.
- Ezekiel 18:28Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.
- Haggai 1:5Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.
- Luke 15:17“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
- Psalms 9:17The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
- Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
- Isaiah 51:13that you forget the Lord your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and who lays the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor?
- Jeremiah 2:32Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.
- Hosea 4:6my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
- John 5:14Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”
- John 13:8“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
- Revelation 6:16They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
- Psalms 7:2or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- 2 Samuel 22:42They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the Lord, but he did not answer.
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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