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Psalms 50:3-13

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3 Our God comes; he 1does not keep silence;[a] before him is a devouring 2fire, around him a mighty tempest.
4 3He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made 4a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
6 5The heavens declare his righteousness, for 6God himself is judge! Selah
7 7"Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. 8I am God, your God.
8 Not for your sacrifices 9do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 10I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you, 11for the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
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Psalms 50:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 50

\\<>\\. This psalm is called a psalm of Asaph; either because it was composed by him under divine inspiration, since he was a prophet and a seer, 1Ch 25:2, 2Ch 29:30; or because it was delivered to him to be sung in public service, he being a chief musician; see 1Ch 16:7; and so it may be rendered, "a psalm for Asaph"; or "unto Asaph" {o}; which was directed, sent, and delivered to him, and might be written by David; and, as Junius thinks, after the angel had appeared to him, and he was directed where he should build an altar to the Lord, 1Ch 21:18. The Targum, Kimchi, and R. Obadiah Gaon, interpret this psalm of the day of judgment; and Jarchi takes it to be a prophecy of the future redemption by their expected Messiah; and indeed it does refer to the times of the Gospel dispensation; for it treats of the calling of the Gentiles, of the abrogation of legal sacrifices, and of the controversy the Lord would have with the Jews for retaining them, and rejecting pure, spiritual, and evangelical worship. {o} Poal "ipsi Asaph", Tigurine version, Vatablus; "Asapho", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Ainsworth.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. [Exodus 19:16]
  • 2. Psalms 21:9; Psalms 97:3; Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 16:35; Daniel 7:10
  • 3. Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 31:28; Deuteronomy 32:1; Isaiah 1:2; Micah 6:1, 2
  • 4. Exodus 24:7, 8; See Genesis 15:9-18
  • 5. Psalms 89:5; Psalms 97:6; [Revelation 16:5, 7; Revelation 19:2]
  • 6. Psalms 58:11; Psalms 75:7
  • 7. Psalms 81:8; [Psalms 49:1]
  • 8. Exodus 20:2
  • 9. See Psalms 40:6
  • 10. [Matthew 10:29]
  • 11. See Psalms 24:1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or May our God come, and not keep silence
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