King James Version
Psalms 50:22 in the King James Version says “Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.”
Psalms 50:22 · KJV
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. that: Heb. that disposeth his way
KJV Study — Public Domain
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“this ye that forget”
H7911to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
“lest I tear you in pieces”
H2963to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
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