Psalms 50:7

7 Give ear, O my people, to my words; O Israel, I will be a witness against you; I am God, even your God.

Psalms 50:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 50:7

Hear, O my people
This is an address to the people of the Jews, whom God had chosen to be his people above all others, and who professed themselves to be his people; but now a "loammi", ( Hosea 1:9 ) , was about to be written upon them, being a people uncircumcised in heart and ears, refusing to hear the great Prophet of the church, him that spake from heaven;

and I will speak:
by way of accusation and charge, and in judgment against them for their sins and transgressions;

O Israel, and I will testify against thee;
or "to thee" ^F20; to thy face produce witnesses, and bring sufficient evidence to prove the things laid to thy charge,

I [am] God, [even] thy God;
which is an aggravation of their sin against him, and is the reason why they should hearken to him; see ( Psalms 81:10-12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (Kb) "tibi", V. L. Vatablus; so Ainsworth.

Psalms 50:7 In-Context

5 Let my saints come together to me; those who have made an agreement with me by offerings.

6 And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.)

7 Give ear, O my people, to my words; O Israel, I will be a witness against you; I am God, even your God.

8 I will not take up a cause against you because of your offerings, or because of your burned offerings, which are ever before me.

9 I will take no ox out of your house, or he-goats from your flocks;