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Psalms 50:22

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

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בִּֽינוּbinvunderstandבִּיןverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “understand”, a commandH995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understandattend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) und…נָ֣אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, exhortation — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.זֹ֭אתzotthisזֹאתpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.שֹׁכְחֵ֣יshokhecheforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, participle, construct — “forget”, a verb used as a describing wordH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.אֱל֑וֹהַּelohaGodאֱלוֹהַּnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH433a deity or the DeityGod, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).פֶּןpenthat...notפֵּןconjunction — “that...not”H6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest(lest) (peradventure), that...not.אֶ֝טְרֹ֗ףetrofcatchטָרַףverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “catch”, an unfinished actionH2963to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)catch, [idiom] without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, [idiom] surely, tear (in pieces).וְאֵ֣יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מַצִּֽילmatsildefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “defend”, a verb used as a describing wordH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Now consider these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend you , and there be no deliverer.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σύνετε δὴ ταῦτα οἱ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, μήποτε ἁρπάσῃ, καὶ μὴ ᾖ ὁ ῥυόμενος.