# Psalms 50.21

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit. 20. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
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> **21. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.**
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> 22. Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver: 23. Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; And to him that ordereth his way aright Will I show the salvation of God. (Psalms 50:19-23, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 19. “You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit. 20. You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.
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> **21. You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.**
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> 22. “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver. 23. Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.” (Psalms 50:19-23, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. <sup>givest: Heb. sendest</sup> 20. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
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> **21. 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.**
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> 22. Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 23. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. <sup>that: Heb. that disposeth his way</sup> (Psalms 50:19-23, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 19. Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together, 20. Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
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> **21. These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.**
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> 22. Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer. 23. He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God! (Psalms 50:19-23, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Where Was God During Slavery Objection Defeater](/codex/where-was-god-during-slavery-objection-defeater/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.