Psalms 50:22
20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 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.
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
- Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- KJV
- Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- WEB
- “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
- ASV
- Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
- DARBY
- Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
- BLB
- Understand this, please, [you] forgetting God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and there is no one to deliver!
- ÅB
- Legg merke til dette, dere som glemmer Gud, for at jeg ikke skal sønderrive, og det er ingen som redder!
- OTB
- Nå, tenk over dette, dere som glemmer Gud,
For at Jeg ikke skal rive dere i stykker, uten noen til å redde dere. - B1930
- Legg merke til dette, I som glemmer Gud, forat jeg ikke skal sønderrive, og det er ingen som redder!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 8:13
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
Read in contextHosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Read in contextPsalms 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
Read in contextPsalms 7:2
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Read in contextPsalms 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:18
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Read in contextHosea 13:8
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:32
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
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