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, exhibited in thanksgiving and trust. The people as a whole are addressed. The duty which is enforced is their duty towards God, corresponding to the first Table of the Decalogue.
Verse Psalms 50:7. _HEAR, O MY PEOPLE_] As they were now amply informed concerning the nature and certainty of the general judgment, and were still in a state of probation, Asaph proceeds to show the...
HEAR, O MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL SPEAK - God himself is now introduced as speaking, and as stating the principles on which the judgment will proceed. The previous verses are introductory, or are designed...
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...
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...
HEAR, O MY PEOPLE— The prophet here, as in Psalms 50:5 introduces God the Father, speaking to the church. _I will testify against thee,_ is rendered by Castalio, _while I give thee this notice;_ namel...
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...
_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 I...
50:7 people, (a-3) As Psalms 7:8 ....
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...
AGAINST THEE] RV 'unto thee.'...
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...
HEAR. — The actual judgment now opens, God asserting in impressive tones His right to preside: _God, thy God, I ..._ the Elohistic form of the more usual “Jehovah, thy God.”...
שִׁמְעָ֤ה עַמִּ֨י ׀ וַ אֲדַבֵּ֗רָה יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל וְ...
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...
Sins. Hebrew, "iniquity,....and in sin did my mother warm or conceive me." Original sin has a manifold deformity, and is the fatal root of other transgressions. See St. Augustine, Ench.; St. Thomas Aq...
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...
7._Hear, O my people! and I will speak. _Hitherto the prophet has spoken as the herald of God, throwing out several expressions designed to alarm the minds of those whom he addressed. But from this to...
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...
HEAR, O MY PEOPLE,.... This is an address to the people of the Jews, whom God had chosen to be his people above all others, and who professed themselves to be his people; but now a "loammi", Hosea 1:9...
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God. Ver. 7. _Hear, O my people, and I will speak, &c._] What sweet and winning language is here...
_Hear, O my people_, &c. Having brought in God, as entering into judgment with them, he now gives an account of the process and of the sentence of the judge, whose words are contained in this and the...
Hear, O My people, for He addresses those whom He wanted as His own, AND I WILL SPEAK; O ISRAEL, AND I WILL TESTIFY AGAINST THEE, namely, for their failure to give Him the proper worship. I AM GOD, EV...
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...
Having brought in God as coming to judgment with them, he now gives an account of the process and of the sentence of the Judge, whose words are contained in this and the following verses. I WILL TESTI...
Psalms 50:7 Hear H8085 (H8798) people H5971 speak H1696 (H8762) Israel H3478 testify H5749 (H8686) God...
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...
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 Samuel 12:22; 2 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Kings 17:13; Deuteronomy 26:17;...
Hear — Having brought in God, as coming to judgment, he now gives an account of the process and sentence of the judge. Testify — I will declare my charge against thee. Thy God — Not only in general, b...