Psalms 94:8

94:8 Take notice of this, ¹  you ignorant people! ² 

You fools, when will you ever understand?

Psalms 50:22

50:22 Carefully consider this, you who reject God! ³ 

Otherwise I will rip you to shreds ⁴ 

and no one will be able to rescue you.

[94:8]  ¹ tn Heb “understand.” The verb used in v. 7 is repeated here for rhetorical effect. The people referred to here claim God is ignorant of their actions, but the psalmist corrects their faulty viewpoint.

[94:8]  ² tn Heb “[you] brutish among the people.”

[50:22]  ³ tn Heb “[you who] forget God.” “Forgetting God” here means forgetting about his commandments and not respecting his moral authority.

[50:22]  ⁴ 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).