Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Psalms 50:19
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.
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.
THOU GIVEST THY MOUTH TO EVIL - Margin, as in Hebrew, “thou sendest.” That is, they gave it up to evil; they employed it in evil: in falsehood, malice, deceit, slander, deception, detraction. AND THY...
Psalms 50 The Demands of a Righteous God _ 1. His coming and His call (Psalms 50:1)_ 2. The God of Israel speaks (Psalms 50:7) 3. The demands of righteousness ...
L. GOD LOOKS TO CONDUCT RATHER THAN TO SACRIFICE. For the attitude to sacrifice, _cf._ Psalms 40*. PSALMS 50:1. The expected Theophany. PSALMS 50:1. Read _mg._ with LXX. CALLED THE EARTH: since the...
EVIL. Hebrew. _raa_. App-44. FRAMETH. weaveth....
Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, And thy tongue contriveth deceit. Giving way to unbridled speech, evil in substance and mischievous in aim: contriving a whole structure of deliberate falseho...
In the preceding verses God has reproved the formalist: the man who regarded the offering of sacrifice as the essence of religion. He now turns to address the wicked man: the hypocrite, who repeated H...
PSALMS 50 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Judgment on Israel Pronounced amid the Solemnities of an Audible and Visible Divine Manifestation. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 50:1-7, Preparations for Judgment: consisti...
The title (A PSALM OF ASAPH) is discussed in Intro, to Book 3, where the other Pss. of Asaph are found. The present Ps. is one of solemn warning to those who attempt to serve God by formal sacrifices...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
GIVEST. — Literally, _lettest loose._ FRAMETH. — Literally, _weaves._ So LXX. To _weave snares_ is a common figure in all languages. Comp. “My brain, more busy than the labouring spider, Weaves tedi...
פִּ֭יךָ שָׁלַ֣חְתָּ בְ רָעָ֑ה וּ֝ לְשֹׁונְךָ֗...
Psalms 50:1 This is the first of the Asaph psalms, and is separated from the other eleven (Psalms 73:1; Psalms 74:1; Psalms 75:1;...
GOD'S WARNING TO THE WICKED Psalms 50:16 These searching words are for us all. We have no right to declare God's statutes, if our hearts hide wickedness in their secret chambers. We must not share il...
The singer addresses himself in the name of God to the whole earth, that it may hear and learn an important lesson. The call is made in the first verse. The final appeal is in verses Psalms 50:22. The...
This seems to be a solemn remonstrance and expostulation with the unbelieving and hypocritical Jews, who rested in the means, and totally overlooked and even despised the end: who, as our Lord told th...
In Psalms 50 we enter on new ground God's judgment of the people. Jehovah the mighty God summons the whole earth; as in Psalms 51 we have their confession of killing Christ. The introduction of Psalms...
THOU GIVEST THY MOUTH TO EVIL,.... To speak evil things against Christ, his doctrines, ordinances, ministers and people; and to deliver out evil doctrines, pernicious to the souls of men; AND THY TON...
_Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit._ Ver. 19. _Thou givest thy mouth to evil_] Heb. Thou sendest, the devil borroweth thy mouth, and thou lettest him have it. _ And thy to...
_When thou sawest a thief_ Instead of reproving him, and witnessing against him, as those should do that declare God's statutes, or that profess his religion; _thou consentedst with him_ Didst approve...
OF THE TRUE SERVICE OF GOD. A psalm of Asaph, one of the directors of the Temple-chorus at the time of David, distinguished for musical and poetical ability, 1 Chronicles 26. The hymn shows how the g...
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, to slanderous talk of every kind, AND THY TONGUE FRAMETH DECEIT, deliberate falsehoods in order to take away the neighbor's good fame....
THOU GIVEST: _ Heb._ thou sendest...
16-23 Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common, for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others, to live in disobedience to them themselves. This delusion arises from t...
THOU GIVEST, Heb. _thou sendest forth_, to wit, free; for the word is used of men's dismissing their wives or their servants, whom they left to their freedom. Thou hast an unbridled tongue, and castes...
Psalms 50:19 give H7971 (H8804) mouth H6310 evil H7451 tongue H3956 frames H6775 (H8686) deceit H4820...
GOD SPEAKS TO THE ‘WICKED', THE MORE OVERT COVENANT BREAKERS, WHOM HE SEES AS BLATANTLY HYPOCRITICAL, AND OUTLINES THE ACTIVITIES THAT CUT THEM OFF FROM HIS MERCY. HE POINTS OUT THAT HE IS COMING IN O...
In the first part of this Psalm God has solemnly expostulated with his people as to the utter worthlessness of sacrifice and ceremony apart from living faith in him, and holy life as its fruit; and he...
A Psalm of Asaph. It is mentioned, in the life of Hezekiah, that «the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer,» so that v...
Psalms 50:1. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun until the going down thereof. Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God sh...
CONTENTS: The arraignment of the ungodly and the greatness of Jehovah. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: Every man shall be called to give an account of himself to God. In that great day, He will...
Asaph, to whom this psalm is inscribed, was a seer, as well as head of the singers. He was also the author of twelve psalms, extremely beautiful, and highly prophetic. He here declares that EL ELOHIM...
_But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare My statutes?_ THE MERE FORMALIST AND THE SPIRITUALIST IN RELIGION I. The mere formalists in religion. 1. They are religiously active-...
_The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth, from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof._ THE FIRST OF THE ASAPH PSALMS This_, _the first of the Asaph psalms, is sep...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 50:1. Through this psalm the worshipers announce God’s standards for living as part of his covenant people. The God who summons the earth (v. Psal
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 50:16 The WICKED here are members of the covenant people who despise the privileges and responsibilities of the covenant (vv. Psalms 50:16). T
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_. “_A Psalm of Asaph_.” Asaph was “a Levite, son of Berachiah, one of the leaders of David’s choir (1 Chronicles 6:39). Psalms 50, 73-83 are attributed to him, but probabl...
EXPOSITION THE psalmist announces an appearance of God to his people "out of Zion," and a pronouncement of judgment upon them, which all heaven (Psalms 50:4) and earth (Psalms 50:1) are called upon to...
Psa 50:1-23 is divided into three categories. The first six verses deal with God who is speaking. In the Hebrew it begins, "El Elohim, Jehovah, hath spoken." God, singular; Gods, plural; and then the...
Hosea 4:2; Isaiah 59:3; Isaiah 59:4; James 3:5; Jeremiah 9:5;...