Psalms 50:22

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
consider	בִּֽינוּ bi.nu-	H995	to separate mentally (or distinguish) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
forget	שֹׁכְחֵ֣י sho.khe.Chei	H7911	to mislay · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
God	אֱל֑וֹהַּ 'e.Lo.ah	H433	a deity or the Deity · noun, common masculine singular absolute
pieces	אֶ֝טְרֹ֗ף 'et.Rof	H2963	to pluck off or pull to pieces · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
deliver	מַצִּֽיל ma.Tzil	H5337	to snatch away · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
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 t…
Psalms 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Deuteronomy 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Psalms 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Jeremiah 2:32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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:…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:16–end

God, by the psalmist, having instructed his people in the right way of worshipping him and keeping up their communion with him, here directs his speech to the wicked, to hypocrites, whether they were such as professed the Jewish or the Christian religion: hypocrisy is wickedness for which God will judge. Observe here, I. The charge drawn up against them. 1. They are charged with invading and usurping the honours and privileges of religion (Psa 50:16): What has thou to do, O wicked man! to declare my statutes? This is a challenge to those that rare really profane, but seemingly godly, to show what title they have to the cloak of religion, and by what authority they wear it, when they use it o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 50:22

forget God--This denotes unmindfulness of His true character.

John Gill on Psalms 50:22

Now consider this,.... The evils that had been committed, and repent of them; for repentance is an after thought and reconsideration of sin, and humiliation for it; that the Lord, was not like them, not an approver of sin, but a reprover for it; and what would be their latter end, what all this would issue in, in case of impenitence; ye that forget God; that there is a God, his being, perfections, word, works, and benefits; lest I tear you in pieces; as a lion, leopard, or bear; see Hosea 13:7; which was accomplished in the destruction of Jerusalem; when both their civil and ecclesiastical state were torn in pieces; their city and temple levelled with the ground, and not one stone left upo…

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John Calvin on Psalms 50:21–end

Psalm 50:21-23 21. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I would be like thyself; [256] I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 22. Now consider this, ye that forget God: lest I seize upon you, and there be none to deliver. 23. Whoso offereth praise will glorify me: and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God. 21 These things hast thou done Hypocrites, until they feel the hand of God against them, are ever ready to surrender themselves to a state of security, and nothing is more difficult than to awaken their apprehensions. By this alarming language the Psalmist aims at convincing them of the certainty of de…

The Church Fathers

Give careful thought, he is saying, to each of my words; and you who suffer forgetfulness of God—forgetfulness of God being a source of sin—cure your wounds with the remedies of repentance before you are carried off by death, which like a lion falls on human beings, no one capable of checking its fierce assault.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 50:8

But, "understand these things, ye that forget God" (ver. 22). See how He crieth, and keepeth not silence, spareth not. Thou hadst forgotten the Lord, didst not think of thy evil life. Perceive how thou hast forgotten the Lord. "Lest at length He seize like a lion, and there be none to deliver." What is "like a lion"? Like a brave one, like a mighty one, like him whom none can withstand. To this he made reference when he said, "Lion." For it is used for praise, it is used also for showing evil. The devil hath been called lion: "Your adversary," He saith, "like a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom He may devour." May it not be that whereas he hath been called lion because of savage fierceness, Christ hath been called Lion for wondrous mightiness? And where is that, "The Lion hath prevailed of the tribe of Judah?" ...
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 50

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Dictionary and topics

Asaph — Convener, or collector. (1.) A Levite; one of the leaders of David’s choir (1 Chr. 6:39). Psalms 50 and 73-83 inclusive are attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music,…
Psalms — The psalms are the production of various authors. “Only a portion of the Book of Psalms claims David as its author. Other inspired poets in successive generations added now one now another…
Forgetting God · Exhortation to those guilty of — Exhortation to those guilty of
Godlessness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 50:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 50:22

John Gill on Psalms 50:22

John Calvin on Psalms 50:21–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 50:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 50:22

John Gill on Psalms 50:22

John Calvin on Psalms 50:21–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 50:22–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 50:22-23

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 50:22