Psalms 50:21
19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- 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.
- WEB
- You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
- ASV
- These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
- DARBY
- These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
- BLB
- These [things] you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. I will rebuke you and set in array before your eyes.
- ÅB
- Dette har du gjort, og jeg har tidd; du tenkte jeg var som du; men jeg vil straffe deg og stille det fram for dine øyne.
- OTB
- Disse handlingene har du utført, og Jeg forble taus;
Du antok at Jeg var som deg;
Jeg vil irettesette deg og legge saken frem for dine øyne. - B1930
- Dette har du gjort, og jeg har tidd; du tenkte jeg var som du; men jeg vil straffe dig og stille det frem for dine øine.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 2:4–5
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Read in contextProverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:11
Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
Read in contextPsalms 94:7–11
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
Read in contextPsalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 8:11–12
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:14
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
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