Psalm 50:22

22 Merket doch dieses, die ihr Gottes vergesset, damit ich nicht zerreiße, und kein Erretter sei da!

Psalm 50:22 Meaning and Commentary

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 Hosea 13:8 ) ; 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 upon another; and they scattered about in the earth;

and [there be] none to deliver;
which denotes their utter and irreparable ruin, till the time comes they shall turn to the Lord; see ( Isaiah 42:22 ) .

Psalm 50:22 In-Context

20 Du saßest da, redetest wider deinen Bruder, wider den Sohn deiner Mutter stießest du Schmähung aus.

21 Solches hast du getan, und ich schwieg; du dachtest, ich sei ganz wie du. Ich werde dich strafen und es dir vor Augen stellen."

22 Merket doch dieses, die ihr Gottes vergesset, damit ich nicht zerreiße, und kein Erretter sei da!

23 Wer Lob opfert, verherrlicht mich, und wer seinen Weg einrichtet, ihn werde ich das Heil Gottes sehen lassen.