_THE MIGHTY GOD, EVEN THE LORD, HATH SPOKEN, AND CALLED THE EARTH FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN UNTO THE GOING DOWN THEREOF._ As formerly at the giving of the law on Sinai, so now at the final consummation of the Gospel, Yahweh appears in glory. His judging as King on Zion, and thence over the whole e... [ Continue Reading ]
_OUT OF ZION, THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY, GOD HATH SHINED._ Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty (Psalms 47:2), GOD HAS SHINED - in contrast to Deuteronomy 33:2, "The Lord came from Sinai (not the perfection of beauty, but rugged and gloomy); He shined forth from Mount Paran." The Lord at His second... [ Continue Reading ]
_OUR GOD SHALL COME, AND SHALL NOT KEEP SILENCE: A FIRE SHALL DEVOUR BEFORE HIM, AND IT SHALL BE VERY TEMPESTUOUS ROUND ABOUT HIM._ Our God shall come. "OUR God" contains the reason why He shall come-namely, because He is the God of His waiting people (Hebrews 9:28). AND SHALL NOT KEEP SILENCE. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SHALL CALL TO THE HEAVENS FROM ABOVE, AND TO THE EARTH, THAT HE MAY JUDGE HIS PEOPLE._ He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. He desires all His creatures, above and below, to witness His open vindication of His righteousness in executing judgme... [ Continue Reading ]
_GATHER MY SAINTS TOGETHER UNTO ME; THOSE THAT HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH ME BY SACRIFICE_ _ GATHER MY SAINTS TOGETHER UNTO ME; THOSE THAT HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH ME BY SACRIFICE._ Gather, my saints together unto me - literally, 'my pious ones,' the objects of grace; Hebrew, chasidai. All Israel w... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE HEAVENS SHALL DECLARE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS: FOR GOD IS JUDGE HIMSELF. SELAH._ And the heavens shall declare his righteousness. The vindication of "His righteousness" to His own glory is the final end of the "covenant" of redemption, and of the judgment about to be executed in behalf of His el... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEAR, O MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL SPEAK; O ISRAEL, AND I WILL TESTIFY AGAINST THEE: I AM GOD, EVEN THY GOD._ Hear, O my people, and I will speak - no longer 'keeping keeping' silence (Psalms 50:3). O ISRAEL, AND I WILL TESTIFY AGAINST THEE - as in Deuteronomy 31:26; Deuteronomy 31:28; Nehemiah 9:29,... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL NOT REPROVE THEE FOR THY SACRIFICES OR THY BURNT OFFERINGS, TO HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME._ I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices. Here God implies that Israel brought the sacrifices regularly enough; but what He complains of is the lack of inward service. In Psalms 50:9 God proce... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL TAKE NO BULLOCK OUT OF THY HOUSE, NOR HE GOATS OUT OF THY FOLDS._ I will take no bullock - a young ox; the stage next after that of a calf.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR EVERY BEAST OF THE FOREST IS MINE, AND THE CATTLE UPON A THOUSAND HILLS._ For every beast of the forest is mine - (Genesis 1:24.) AND THE CATTLE UPON A THOUSAND HILLS. Hengstenberg translates, 'the cattle upon the hills of the thousand' - i.e., where they go by thousands.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I KNOW ALL THE FOWLS OF THE MOUNTAINS: AND THE WILD BEASTS OF THE FIELD ARE MINE._ I know all the fowls. Knowledge and ownership go together; Omniscience is inseparably linked with I KNOW ALL THE FOWLS. Knowledge and ownership go together; Omniscience is inseparably linked with Omnipotence and uni... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF I WERE HUNGRY, I WOULD NOT TELL THEE: FOR THE WORLD IS MINE, AND THE FULNESS THEREOF._ If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof. Yet the Lord Almighty condescends to deal with us as if He could receive a benefit at our hands. Compare Luke 19:31, w... [ Continue Reading ]
_WILL I EAT THE FLESH OF BULLS, OR DRINK THE BLOOD OF GOATS?_ Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? The answer is in John 4:24; and yet the Godhead made itself for a time subject to the conditions of the flesh, in the person of the incarnate God (Luke 24:39).... [ Continue Reading ]
_OFFER UNTO GOD THANKSGIVING; AND PAY THY VOWS UNTO THE MOST HIGH:_ -The true sacrifices, as contrasted with the false: the duty is stated in Psalms 50:14; the blessed result in Psalms 50:15. Verse 14. OFFER UNTO GOD THANKSGIVING - literally, 'praise' or 'confession' of all that God is in himself,... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT UNTO THE WICKED GOD SAITH, WHAT HAST THOU TO DO TO DECLARE MY STATUTES, OR THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE MY COVENANT IN THY MOUTH?_ But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? (Exodus 23:13.) SEEING THOU HATEST I... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THOU SAWEST A THIEF, THEN THOU CONSENTEDST WITH HIM, AND HAST BEEN PARTAKER WITH ADULTERERS._ When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him - thou dost actively, and with complacency, acquiesce in his proceedings (Romans 1:32); like the inhabitants of Sodom and those of Gibeah (Hos... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU GIVEST THY MOUTH TO EVIL, AND THY TONGUE FRAMETH DECEIT._ Thou givest thy mouth to evil - Hebrew, 'Thou sendest;' i:e., Thou givest loose rein to thy mouth in regard to evil.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SITTEST AND SPEAKEST AGAINST THY BROTHER; THOU SLANDEREST THINE OWN MOTHER'S SON._ Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother. "Sittest" implies deliberate purpose; taking thy seat habitually with slanderers (Psalms 1:1): the climax of sin. THOU SLANDEREST THINE OWN MOTHER'S SON - Hebrew,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE THINGS HAST THOU DONE, AND I KEPT SILENCE; THOU THOUGHTEST THAT I WAS ALTOGETHER SUCH AN ONE AS THYSELF: BUT I WILL REPROVE THEE, AND SET THEM IN ORDER BEFORE THINE EYES._ These things hast thou done, and I kept silence. But "our God shall come, and ... not keep silence" (Psalms 50:3). Thou... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW CONSIDER THIS, YE THAT FORGET GOD, LEST I TEAR YOU IN PIECES, AND THERE BE NONE TO DELIVER._ Now consider this - "this," i:e., all that has gone before, of warning against hypocrites and ungodly professors. YE THAT FORGET GOD - alike the openly wicked and the hollow formalists. LEST I TEAR... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHOSO OFFERETH PRAISE GLORIFIETH ME: AND TO HIM THAT ORDERETH HIS CONVERSATION ARIGHT WILL I SHEW THE SALVATION OF GOD._ Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me - or 'shall glorify me.' Hengstenberg, from Psalms 50:15 (see note), and also from the parallel clause in this verse, "I will show the salvat... [ Continue Reading ]