Psalms 50:20

20 You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son.

Psalms 50:20 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 50:20

Thou sittest
Either in the chair of Moses, or on the seat of judgment, in the great sanhedrim of the nation; or, as Aben Ezra paraphrases it, "in the seat of the scornful";

[and] speakest against thy brother;
even to pass sentence upon him, to put him to death for professing faith in Christ, ( Matthew 10:21 ) ;

thou slanderest thine own mother's son;
the apostles and disciples of Christ, who were their brethren and kinsmen according to the flesh; and even our Lord Jesus Christ himself, who was bone of their bone, and flesh of their flesh.

Psalms 50:20 In-Context

18 When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers.

19 Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies.

20 You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son.

21 While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.

22 Repent, all of you who forget me, or I will tear you apart, and no one will help you.