Psalms 50 · Verse 22

Psalms 50:22

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Psalms 50:22, King James Version

Psalms 50:22 in other translations

BSBNow consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
WEB“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
ASVNow consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
YLTUnderstand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
DARBYNow consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
BBENow keep this in mind, you who have no memory of God, for fear that you may be crushed under my hand, with no one to give you help:
WebsterNow consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

What does Psalms 50:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 50:21-22

21-22. God, no longer (even in appearance) disregarding such, exposes their sins and threatens a terrible punishment.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Now 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 50:16-23

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…

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Psalms 50:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּֽינוּ\־bi.nu-considerH995
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994
זֹ֭אתzotthisH2063
שֹׁכְחֵ֣יsho.khe.CheiO [those who] forgetH7911
אֱל֑וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ah<of> GodH433
פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
אֶ֝טְרֹ֗ף'et.RofI should tear to piecesH2963
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
מַצִּֽיל\׃ma.Tzil[will be] a delivererH5337

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 50:22

  • Job 8:13

    So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

  • Hosea 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

  • Psalms 9:17

    The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

  • Psalms 7:2

    Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  • Psalms 10:4

    The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

  • Deuteronomy 32:18

    Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

  • Hosea 13:8

    I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Jeremiah 2:32

    Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

  • Isaiah 51:13

    And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

  • 2 Samuel 22:42

    They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

  • Amos 2:14

    Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

  • Haggai 1:5

    Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
consider.
De 32:18; Ec 7:14; Eze 18:28; Hag 1:5; Lu 15:17
forget.
9:17; 10:4; Job 8:13; Isa 51:13; Jer 2:32; Ho 4:6
I tear.
Ho 5:14; 13:8; Re 6:16,17
none.
7:2; 2Sa 22:42; Am 2:14; Mic 5:8

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Context

  • Psalms 50:21

    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.

  • Psalms 50:22

    Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

  • Psalms 50:23

    Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

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Psalms 50:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entended ahora esto, los que os olvidáis de Dios; no sea que arrebate, sin que nadie libre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Considérez donc cela, vous qui oubliez ✝Dieu, de peur que je ne déchire, et qu’il n’y ait personne qui délivre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Merket doch dieses, die ihr Gottes vergesset, damit ich nicht zerreiße, und kein Erretter sei da!