Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 6:12
Context6:12 be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery. 1
Deuteronomy 8:11
Context8:11 Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.
Deuteronomy 8:14
Context8:14 be sure 2 you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,
Deuteronomy 8:19
Context8:19 Now if you forget the Lord your God at all 3 and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.
Psalms 9:17
Context9:17 The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; 4
this is the destiny of 5 all the nations that ignore 6 God,
Psalms 10:4
Context10:4 The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,
“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.” 7
Psalms 50:22
Context50:22 Carefully consider this, you who reject God! 8
Otherwise I will rip you to shreds 9
and no one will be able to rescue you.
Isaiah 51:13
Context51:13 Why do you forget 10 the Lord, who made you,
who stretched out the sky 11
and founded the earth?
Why do you constantly tremble all day long 12
at the anger of the oppressor,
when he makes plans to destroy?
Where is the anger of the oppressor? 13
[6:12] 1 tn Heb “out of the house of slavery” (so NASB, NRSV).
[8:14] 2 tn The words “be sure” are not in the Hebrew text; vv. 12-14 are part of the previous sentence. For stylistic reasons a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 in the translation and the words “be sure” repeated from v. 11 to indicate the connection.
[8:19] 3 tn Heb “if forgetting, you forget.” The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis; the translation indicates this with the words “at all” (cf. KJV).
[9:17] 4 tn Heb “the wicked turn back to Sheol.” The imperfect verbal form either emphasizes what typically happens or describes vividly the aftermath of the
[9:17] 5 tn The words “this is the destiny of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. The verb “are turned back” is understood by ellipsis (see the preceding line).
[9:17] 6 tn Heb “forget.” “Forgetting God” refers here to worshiping false gods and thereby refusing to recognize his sovereignty (see also Deut 8:19; Judg 3:7; 1 Sam 12:9; Isa 17:10; Jer 3:21; Ps 44:20). The nations’ refusal to acknowledge God’s sovereignty accounts for their brazen attempt to attack and destroy his people.
[10:4] 7 tn Heb “the wicked [one], according to the height of his nose, he does not seek, there is no God, all his thoughts.” The phrase “height of his nose” probably refers to an arrogant or snooty attitude; it likely pictures one with his nose turned upward toward the sky in pride. One could take the “wicked” as the subject of the negated verb “seek,” in which case the point is that the wicked do not “seek” God. The translation assumes that this statement, along with “there is no God,” is what the wicked man thinks to himself. In this case God is the subject of the verb “seek,” and the point is that God will not hold the wicked man accountable for his actions. Verse 13 strongly favors this interpretation. The statement “there is no God” is not a philosophical assertion that God does not exist, but rather a confident affirmation that he is unconcerned about how men live morally and ethically (see v. 11).
[50:22] 8 tn Heb “[you who] forget God.” “Forgetting God” here means forgetting about his commandments and not respecting his moral authority.
[50:22] 9 sn Elsewhere in the psalms this verb is used (within a metaphorical framework) of a lion tearing its prey (see Pss 7:2; 17:12; 22:13).
[51:13] 10 tn Heb “and that you forget.”
[51:13] 11 tn Or “the heavens” (also in v. 16). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
[51:13] 12 tn Heb “and that you tremble constantly all the day.”
[51:13] 13 tn The question anticipates the answer, “Ready to disappear!” See v. 14.
