Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 50:10
I would command or dispose them at my pleasure, without thy leave or assistance, even the cattle which feed upon innumerable hills, or in valleys and fields.
I would command or dispose them at my pleasure, without thy leave or assistance, even the cattle which feed upon innumerable hills, or in valleys and fields.
Verse Psalms 50:10. _EVERY BEAST OF THE FOREST_ IS _MINE_] Can ye suppose that ye are laying me under _obligation_ to you, when ye present me with a part of my own property?...
FOR EVERY BEAST OF THE FOREST IS MINE - All the beasts that roam at large in the wilderness; all that are untamed and unclaimed by man. The idea is, that even if God “needed” such offerings, he was no...
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...
The trial begins. God is the accuser as well as the judge. Israel's sacrifices are unexceptionable, but it is not slain beasts which the Lord of all the earth desires, but the devotion of the heart, e...
DISCOURSE: 584 SPIRITUAL OBEDIENCE PREFERRED BEFORE SACRIFICE Psalms 50:7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee; I am God, even thy God. I will not reprove th...
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...
_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 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...
(9-18) Notice the fine tone of irony that pervades this rebuke, the best weapon against ritualistic errors....
A THOUSAND HILLS. — Literally, _mountains of a thousand,_ an expression for which there is no analogy, but which might conceivably mean, “mountains where the cattle are by thousands;” but surely the L...
כִּי ־לִ֥י כָל ־חַיְתֹו ־יָ֑עַר בְּ֝הֵמֹ֗ות ב
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...
(i) For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills. (i) Though he delighted in sacrifice, yet he had no need for man's help in it....
_Rejoice, when thou givest me an assurance of pardon. My bones, or virtue, shall then be restored. Hebrew, "the bones which thou hast broken may exult." (St. Jerome) (Haydock) --- God gives contrition...
Here is a solemn appeal to God's ancient people, the Jews, on the subject of sacrifices. What language here is, to show in what light sacrifices under the law ought to have been regarded, and with wha...
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...
FOR EVERY BEAST OF THE FOREST [IS] MINE,.... By creation and preservation; and therefore he stood in no need of their bullocks and he goats; [AND THE CATTLE UPON A THOUSAND HILLS; meaning all the cat...
For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills. Ver. 10. _For every beast of the forest is mine_] God is the great proprietary; and all is his by primitive right. It...
_I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices_, &c. This is not the principal matter of my charge against thee, that thou hast neglected sacrifices, which thou shouldest have offered; for, although thou...
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...
For every beast of the forest is Mine, all creatures being His, men could not offer Him anything which He did not already possess, AND THE CATTLE UPON A THOUSAND HILLS....
7-15 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any for...
Psalms 50:10 beast H2416 forest H3293 cattle H929 thousand H505 hills H2042 every - Psalms 8:6-8,...
GOD ADDRESSES HIS PEOPLE AS DEFENDANTS AND REVEALS THAT HE IS NOT JUDGING THEM BECAUSE OF THE INADEQUACY OF THEIR PHYSICAL SACRIFICES, WHICH IN FACT ARE NOT NEEDED BY HIM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE INADEQUAC...
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...
_I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings._ LESSONS “I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices;” _i.e._ for thy neglect of them, but for thy resting in them, sticking in th...
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 50:7 God’s people must realize that he does not depend upon SACRIFICES in any way (v. Psalms 50:8) since he owns the entire world (vv....
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 Chronicles 29:14; Daniel 2:38; Genesis 1:24; Genesis 1:25; Gene