Psaume 50:9-19

9 Je ne prendrai pas de taureau dans ta maison, Ni de bouc dans tes bergeries.
10 Car tous les animaux des forêts sont à moi, Toutes les bêtes des montagnes par milliers;
11 Je connais tous les oiseaux des montagnes, Et tout ce qui se meut dans les champs m'appartient.
12 Si j'avais faim, je ne te le dirais pas, Car le monde est à moi et tout ce qu'il renferme.
13 Est-ce que je mange la chair des taureaux? Est-ce que je bois le sang des boucs?
14 Offre pour sacrifice à Dieu des actions de grâces, Et accomplis tes voeux envers le Très-Haut.
15 Et invoque-moi au jour de la détresse; Je te délivrerai, et tu me glorifieras.
16 Et Dieu dit au méchant: Quoi donc! tu énumères mes lois, Et tu as mon alliance à la bouche,
17 Toi qui hais les avis, Et qui jettes mes paroles derrière toi!
18 Si tu vois un voleur, tu te plais avec lui, Et ta part est avec les adultères.
19 Tu livres ta bouche au mal, Et ta langue est un tissu de tromperies.

Psaume 50:9-19 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.

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