Thy great mercy. Such is the purport of the Hebrew chasdec, though (Haydock) the Chaldean and Syriac omit great. My sin requires the deepest compunction. I must strive to repair the scandal I have given. (Calmet) --- Mercies. I stand in need of many sorts, mitigation of punishment, true sorrow and perseverance, and that I may make some amends for my bad example, &c. (Worthington)
OUR GOD SHALL COME - That is, he will come to judgment. This language is derived from the supposition that God “will” judge the world, and it shows that this doctrine was understood and believed by th...
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...
SHALL COME. The promise of Exodus 3:7; Exodus 3:8 turned into. prayer. Compare Isaiah 11:11. NOT KEEP SILENCE. Now He is keeping silence. But He will speak again, and here we are told what He will sa...
A solemn introduction, describing the Advent of Jehovah to judge His people. Of old He appeared at Sinai in the midst of lightnings and storm to give the Law: now He comes forth from Zion with the sam...
In the preceding verses the Theophany is described as already visibly beginning. Instead of simply continuing that description, the poet-seer "imagines himself as an eager and interested spectator," a...
OUR GOD SHALL COME— That is _Christ._ Now there are three comings of Christ expressed in the Scripture; the first in humility, in our flesh and nature; the last in glory, for the judging of the whole...
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...
_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...
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...
OUR GOD SHALL COME... SHALL DEVOUR... SHALL BE. — Better, _comes_ ... _devours_ ... _is._ The drama, the expected scene having been announced, now opens. The vision unfolds itself before the poet’s ey...
יָ֤בֹ֥א אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽ אַל ־יֶ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ אֵשׁ...
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;...
SACRIFICES WHICH GOD DESIRES Psalms 50:1 This is one of the most majestic compositions of this book. For literary power it cannot be excelled. The psalmist hears God calling the whole world from east...
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...
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a (d) fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. (d) As when God gave his law in mount Sinai he appeared terrible...
In few words, but most striking terms, the vast difference is here pointed out between the righteous and the sinner. But observe how reference is made to the sacrifice. And what is this but Christ the...
_THE SILENCE OF GOD_ ‘Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence.… These things hast thou done, and I kept silence.’ Psalms 50:3; Psalms 50:21 These two sentences—occurring as they do in the sa...
3._Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence _(243) He repeats that God would come, in order to confirm his doctrine, and more effectually arouse them. He would come, and should not always keep s...
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...
OUR GOD SHALL COME,.... That is, Christ, who is truly and properly God, and who was promised and expected as a divine Person; and which was necessary on account of the work he came about; and believer...
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. Ver. 3. _Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence_] He doth dai...
_Our God shall come_, &c. God will undoubtedly come and call us to judgment; though now he seems to take no notice of our conduct. The prophet speaks this in the person of one of God's worshippers. As...
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...
Our God shall come, in this revelation of His divine essence, AND SHALL NOT KEEP SILENCE, bound to make known His glory before men everywhere; A FIRE SHALL DEVOUR BEFORE HIM, especially in the words o...
1-6 This psalm is a psalm of instruction. It tells of the coming of Christ and the day of judgment, in which God will call men to account; and the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of judgement. All the child...
OUR GOD: these words are used here, as they are also HEBREWS 12:29, emphatically. The prophet speaks this in the person of the Israelites and worshippers of God, whereof he was one, and thereby takes...
Psalms 50:3 God H430 come H935 (H8799) silent H2790 (H8799) fire H784 devour H398 (H8799) before...
GOD CALLS ON THE WHOLE EARTH TO WITNESS HIS COMING TO JUDGE HIS PEOPLE (PSALMS 50:1). This section can be divided up as follows: · Who it is Who is coming (Psalms 50:1). · Where He is coming from an...
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...
A Psalm of Asaph. Whether this means that Asaph wrote it, or that it was committed to him to sing, we do not know. Certainly Asaph did write some Psalms. There are twelve ascribed to him in the book...
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...
_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...
_Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence._ OUR GOD SHALL COME I. The coming of our God. The expression is very striking: “Our God shall come!” Christ is God as well as man. His first coming w...
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
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...
1 Kings 19:11; 1 Kings 19:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:9;...
Our God — The prophet speaks this in the persons of the worshippers of God. Though he be our God, yet he will come to execute judgment upon us. Cease — Or delay to sit in judgment. Tempestuous — This...