Psalms 50:10-20

10 auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam exultabunt ossa humiliata

11 averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis et omnes iniquitates meas dele

12 cor mundum crea in me Deus et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis

13 ne proicias me a facie tua et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me

14 redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui et spiritu principali confirma me

15 docebo iniquos vias tuas et impii ad te convertentur

16 libera me de sanguinibus Deus Deus salutis meae exultabit lingua mea iustitiam tuam

17 Domine labia mea aperies et os meum adnuntiabit laudem tuam

18 quoniam si voluisses sacrificium dedissem utique holocaustis non delectaberis

19 sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus cor contritum et humiliatum Deus non spernet

20 benigne fac Domine in bona voluntate tua Sion et aedificentur muri Hierusalem

Psalms 50:10-20 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.