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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 50:14

Offer. — Gratitude, and the loyal performance of known duties, are the ritual most pleasing to God. Not that the verse implies the cessation of outward rites, but the subordination of the outward to the inward, the form to the spirit. (See Psalms 51:17.)

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See also Psalms 50:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 50:14. _OFFER UNTO GOD THANKSGIVING; AND PAY THY VOWS UNTO THE_ _MOST HIGH_] זבח _zebach_, "sacrifice unto God, אלהים _Elohim_, the תודה _todah, thank-offering_," which was the same as t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    OFFER UNTO GOD THANKSGIVING - The word rendered “offer” in this place - זבח _zâbach_ - means properly “sacrifice.” So it is rendered by the Septuagint, θῦσον _thuson_ - and by the Vulgate, _“immola....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OFFER. Hebrew. _zabach._ App-43. Here is _true_ worship. See Psalms 50:23; Psalms 40:6; Psalms 51:17; Hebrews 13:15. Compare...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Offer_&c. Lit., _sacrifice unto God thanksgiving_: hence R.V., offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. The context makes it clear that spiritual sacrifices of thanksgiving are meant, not the ma...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    What sacrifice then does God desire? Not the material sacrifices of the altar, but the offering of the heart....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    OFFER UNTO GOD, &C.— In these two verses is expressed the establishment of the Christian service, the spiritual oblation of prayer and thanksgiving. By _thanksgiving_ here may be meant not only the bl...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _OFFER UNTO GOD THANKSGIVING; AND PAY THY VOWS UNTO THE MOST HIGH:_ -The true sacrifices, as contrasted with the false: the duty is stated in Psalms 50:14; the blessed result in Psalms 50:15. Verse 1...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    50:14 Offer (g-1) Lit. 'Sacrifice,' as Deuteronomy 12:15 ; Psalms 4:5 . see Leviticus 7:11 ; Leviticus 17:5-7 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THANKSGIVING] RV 'the sacrifice of thanksgiving.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    זְבַ֣ח לֵ אלֹהִ֣ים תֹּודָ֑ה וְ שַׁלֵּ֖ם לְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Offer unto God thanksgiving; and (l) pay thy vows unto the most High: (l) Show yourself mindful of God's benefits by thanksgiving....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Salvation, or thy salutary joy, (Berthier) "the joy of thy Jesus," (St. Jerome) for whom he prays, (St. Augustine) knowing that He will save his people from their sins, and that there is salvation in...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    These verses cast light upon the preceding context. Had it been stated in unqualified terms that sacrifices were of no value, we might have been perplexed to know why in that case they were instituted...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    OFFER UNTO GOD THANKSGIVING,.... Which is a sacrifice, Psalms 50:23; and the Jews say x, that all sacrifices will cease in future time, the times of the Messiah, but the sacrifice of praise; and this...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: Ver. 14. _Offer unto God thanksgiving_] That pith of your peace offerings, that sacrifice more acceptable to God than an ox that hath...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Offer unto God thanksgiving_ If thou wouldest know what sacrifices I prize, and indispensably require, in the first place, it is that of thankfulness, proportionable to my great and numberless favour...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Offer unto God thanksgiving, for true communion with Jehovah, AND PAY THY VOWS UNTO THE MOST HIGH, Leviticus 7:38, namely, by bringing the homage of the heart, faith, penitence, and love,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    If thou wouldst know what sacrifices I most prize, and indispensably require, in the first place, it is that of thankfulness and praise proportionable to my great, and glorious, and numberless favours...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 50:14 Offer H2076 (H8798) God H430 thanksgiving H8426 pay H7999 (H8761) vows H5088 High H5945...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _Offer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows._ A THANKSGIVING MODE OF GLORIFYING GOD 1. “Offer unto God thanksgiving.” For what? “In everything give thanks.” The propriety of this is seen at once w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Deuteronomy 23:21;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Offer — If thou wouldest know what sacrifices I prize, and indispensably require, in the first place, it is that of thankfulness, proportionable to my great and numberless favours; which doth not cons...

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