Tehillim 50:20

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own ben immecha.

Tehillim 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.

Tehillim 50:20 In-Context

18 When thou sawest a ganav (thief), then thou consentedst with him, and hast taken thy chelek (lot) with mena’afim (adulterers).

19 Thou lettest loose thy mouth to ra’ah, and thy leshon frameth mirmah (deceit).

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own ben immecha.

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silent; thou thoughtest that I was altogether like thee; but I will reprove thee, and set the charge before thine eyes.

22 Now consider this, ye that forget Elo’ah (G-d), lest I tear you to pieces, and there be none to rescue.