Psalms 50:22

22 “Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

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Psalms 50:22 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

22 "Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!

NLT

22 Repent, all of you who forget me, or I will tear you apart, and no one will help you.

MSG

22 "Time's up for playing fast and loose with me. I'm ready to pass sentence, and there's no help in sight!

CSB

22 "Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no rescuer.

Psalms 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 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible