Psalm 50:22

Translations

Modern

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Traditional

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

Literal

Understand this, please, you forgetting God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there is no one to deliver!

Latin

Intelligite hæc, qui obliviscimini Deum, nequando rapiat, et non sit qui eripiat.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Notes

Psalms 50:22

God will destroy the wicked like a lion tearing its prey (Isaiah 5:29; 31:4; Ezekiel 19:3; compare Psalms 7:2; 22:13).

Psalms 50:22–23

The wicked will experience God’s justice, while the godly will see God’s everlasting salvation.

Psalms 50:1–23

God appears as judge. He reminds both the godly and the ungodly that sacrifices and reciting the law are worthless without thankfulness, repentance, and justice.

Theme notes and profiles

Religious Hypocrisy Salvation in the Psalms

Related verses

Job 8:13
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
Psalm 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.
Hosea 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.
Psalm 7:2
…or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
Hosea 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 tearing them apart.
Deuteronomy 32:18
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Jeremiah 2:32
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Revelation 6:16–17
And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
Amos 2:14
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
2 Samuel 22:42
They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
Isaiah 51:13
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

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Forgetting God: Exhortation to Those Guilty of Forgetting God: Threatened Godlessness: General Scriptures Concerning Wicked (People): Punishment of

Psalm 50:22

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