Psalms 50

A psalm of Asaph.

1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.
4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 “Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.[a][b]
7 “Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.
8 I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9 I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
10 for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 “Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
15 and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16 But to the wicked person, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?
17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
18 When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
21 When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly[c] like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you.
22 “Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless[d] I will show my salvation.”

Cross References 51

  • 1. Joshua 22:22
  • 2. Psalms 113:3
  • 3. Psalms 2:6
  • 4. S Psalms 48:2; S Lamentations 2:15
  • 5. S Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalms 80:1
  • 6. Psalms 96:13
  • 7. ver 21; Isaiah 42:14; Isaiah 64:12; Isaiah 65:6
  • 8. S Leviticus 10:2
  • 9. S Psalms 18:8; Psalms 97:3; Daniel 7:10
  • 10. Job 37:9; Psalms 83:15; Psalms 107:25; Psalms 147:18; Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:28; John 1:4; Nahum 1:3
  • 11. Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 31:28; Isaiah 1:2
  • 12. Hebrews 10:30
  • 13. S Deuteronomy 7:6; S Psalms 18:25; Psalms 30:4
  • 14. Exodus 24:7; S 2 Chronicles 6:11
  • 15. S Psalms 19:1; Psalms 89:5
  • 16. S Genesis 16:5; S Job 9:15; Psalms 75:7
  • 17. Hebrews 2:4; Psalms 81:8
  • 18. Exodus 20:2; Psalms 48:14
  • 19. S 2 Samuel 22:16
  • 20. S Psalms 40:6; Hosea 6:6
  • 21. S Leviticus 1:5; Psalms 69:31
  • 22. S Leviticus 16:5
  • 23. S Numbers 32:16
  • 24. Psalms 104:20; Isaiah 56:9; Micah 5:8
  • 25. Psalms 104:24
  • 26. Matthew 6:26
  • 27. Psalms 8:7; Psalms 80:13
  • 28. Exodus 19:5
  • 29. Deuteronomy 10:14; S Joshua 3:11; Psalms 24:1; 1 Corinthians 10:26
  • 30. S Ezra 1:4; S Psalms 27:6; Hebrews 13:15
  • 31. S Numbers 30:2; S Psalms 66:13; Psalms 76:11; Deuteronomy 23:21
  • 32. Psalms 7:8
  • 33. Psalms 4:1; Psalms 81:7; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 58:9; Zechariah 13:9
  • 34. Psalms 69:17; Psalms 86:7; Psalms 107:6; Psalms 142:2; James 5:13
  • 35. Psalms 3:7
  • 36. S Psalms 22:23
  • 37. Psalms 25:10
  • 38. Isaiah 29:13
  • 39. Proverbs 1:22
  • 40. S 1 Kings 14:9; Nehemiah 9:26; Romans 2:21-22
  • 41. Romans 1:32; 1 Timothy 5:22
  • 42. S Job 22:15
  • 43. Psalms 10:7; Psalms 36:3; Psalms 52:2; Psalms 101:7
  • 44. Matthew 10:21
  • 45. Ecclesiastes 8:11; Isaiah 42:14; Isaiah 57:11; Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 64:12
  • 46. Psalms 6:1; S Psalms 18:15; Psalms 76:6; Psalms 104:7; Isaiah 50:2
  • 47. Psalms 85:5; Isaiah 57:16; Psalms 90:8
  • 48. S Job 8:13; Psalms 9:17; S Isaiah 17:10
  • 49. S Deuteronomy 32:39; Micah 5:8; Psalms 7:2
  • 50. Psalms 85:13
  • 51. S Psalms 9:14; Psalms 91:16; Psalms 98:3; Isaiah 52:10

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text "for God himself is judge"
  • [b]. The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
  • [c]. Or "thought the ‘I " AM"’ was"
  • [d]. Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.

Psalms 50 Commentaries

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