Psalms

Psalm 50:21–22

21You have done these things, and I kept silent;

you thought I wasb just like you.

But now I rebuke you

and accuse you to your face.c

22Now consider this, you who forget God,

lest I tear you to pieces,

with no one to rescue you:

Footnotes

  • b 50:21 Or you thought the ‘I AM’ was
  • c 50:21 Literally and I set it in order before your eyes

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Psalm 50:21

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
You have doneעָשִׂ֨יתָ׀‘ā·śî·ṯāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH6213 do, make
these thingsאֵ֤לֶּה’êl·lehPronoun - common pluralH428 these
and I kept silentוְֽהֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּיwə·he·ḥĕ·raš·tîConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularH2790 cut in, engrave, plough, devise
you thoughtדִּמִּ֗יתָdim·mî·ṯāVerb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singularH1819 be like, resemble
I wasהֱֽיוֹת־hĕ·yō·wṯ-Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
just like youכָמ֑וֹךָḵā·mō·w·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH3644 like, as, when
But now I rebuke youאוֹכִיחֲךָ֖’ō·w·ḵî·ḥă·ḵāVerb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH3198 decide, adjudge, prove
and accuse youוְאֶֽעֶרְכָ֣הwə·’e·‘er·ḵāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularH6186 arrange or set in order
to your faceלְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃lə·‘ê·ne·ḵāPreposition-l; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singularH5869 eye

Psalm 50:22

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Nowנָ֣אnāInterjectionH4994 I (we) pray, now
considerבִּֽינוּ־bî·nū-Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH995 discern
thisזֹ֭אתzōṯPronoun - feminine singularH2063 this
you who forgetשֹׁכְחֵ֣יšō·ḵə·ḥêVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructH7911 forget
Godאֱל֑וֹהַּ’ĕ·lō·w·ahNoun - masculine singularH433 god, God
lestפֶּן־pen-ConjunctionH6435 lest
I tear you to piecesאֶ֝טְרֹ֗ף’eṭ·rōp̄Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH2963 tear, rend, pluck
with no oneוְאֵ֣יןwə·’ênConjunctive waw; AdverbH369 nothing, nought
to rescue youמַצִּֽיל׃maṣ·ṣîlVerb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularH5337 strip, plunder

Cross-references

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Psalm 50:21 Romans 2:4–5 · Proverbs 29:1 · Ecclesiastes 12:14 · Isaiah 57:11 · Psalm 94:7–11 · Psalm 90:8 · Ecclesiastes 8:11–12 · Isaiah 42:14 · Psalm 73:11 · 1 Corinthians 4:5 · Psalm 50:3 · Amos 8:7

Psalm 50:22 Job 8:13 · Hosea 4:6 · Psalm 9:17 · Psalm 7:2 · Deuteronomy 32:18 · Psalm 10:4 · Jeremiah 2:32 · Hosea 13:8 · Haggai 1:5 · 2 Samuel 22:42 · Revelation 6:16–17 · Isaiah 51:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.