But be not so vain and foolish as to imagine that thou dost lay any obligations upon me by thy sacrifices; or that I required them because I had need of them, or took any pleasure in them for themselves, or for my own satisfaction by them.
I WILL TAKE NO BULLOCK OUT OF THY HOUSE - Bullocks were offered regularly in the Hebrew service and sacrifice Exodus 29:11, Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 4:4; 1Ki 18:23,...
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...
_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....
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....
לֹא ־אֶקַּ֣ח מִ בֵּיתְךָ֣ פָ֑ר מִ֝ מִּכְלְאֹת
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...
Hyssop, which was used in sprinkling lepers, &c., (Leviticus xiv. 6.) not that the like ceremony, or even sacrifice, would suffice to heal the wound of the soul. Sincere contrition, (ver. 18, 19.) and...
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...
9_I will take no calf out thy house _Two reasons are given in this and the succeeding verses to prove that he cannot set any value upon sacrifices. The first is, that supposing him to depend upon thes...
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...
I WILL TAKE NO BULLOCK OUT OF THY HOUSE,.... That is, will accept of none; such sacrifices being no more agreeable to the will of God, Hebrews 10:5; the "bullock" is mentioned, that being a principal...
I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds. Ver. 9. _I will take no bullock out of thy house, &c._] _q.d._ Keep them to thyself, I need them not; thou settest a high pri...
_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...
I will take no bullock out of thy house nor he-goats out of thy folds, God felt no interest in the sacrifices as brought by Israel; all outward ceremony of divine worship is futile without the true fa...
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...
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 50:9 take H3947 (H8799) bull H6499 house H1004 goats H6260 folds H4356 Isaiah
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...
_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...
_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 50:7 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...
Acts 17:25; Hebrews 10:4; Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 43:24; Micah 6:6...
Bullock — Be not so foolish, as to imagine that thou dost lay any obligations upon me by thy sacrifices....