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Psalms 50:22

What does Psalms 50:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 50:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now 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:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Now consider this, ye that forgetGod, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.

Context

v.21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: ButI will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

v.22This passage

v.23Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; And to him that ordereth his way aright Will I show the salvation of God.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Micah 5:8

    And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

  • Deuteronomy 32:18

    Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.

  • Job 8:13

    So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

  • Ezekiel 18:28

    Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  • Psalms 7:2

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

  • 2 Samuel 22:42

    They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

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