PSALM L _God, the Sovereign Judge, cites before his throne all his_ _people, and the priests and the judges_, 14; _and reproaches them for their vain confidence in the sacrifices_ _they had offered_, 7-13; _and shows them the worship he requires_, 14, 15; _and then enters into a particular det... [ Continue Reading ]
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 them the danger to which they were exposed, and the necessity of repentance and amendment, that when th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 50:8. _I WILL NOT REPROVE THEE_] I do not mean to find fault with you for not offering sacrifices; you have offered them, they _have been continually before me_: but you have not offered them in the proper way.... [ Continue Reading ]
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?... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 50:12. _THE WORLD_ IS _MINE, AND THE FULNESS THEREOF._] Ye cannot, therefore, give me any thing that is not my own.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 50:13. _WILL I EAT THE FLESH OF BULLS_] Can ye be so simple as to suppose that I appointed such sacrifices for my own gratification? All these were significative of a spiritual worship, and of the sacrifice of that Lamb of God which, in the fulness of time, was to take away, in an _aton... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the _sin-offering_, viz. _a bullock, or a ram, without blemish_; only there were, in addition, "unleav... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 50:16. _BUT UNTO THE WICKED_] The bloodthirsty priests, proud Pharisees, and ignorant scribes of the Jewish people.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 50:17. _SEEING THOU HATEST INSTRUCTION_] All these rejected the counsel of God against themselves; and refused to receive the instructions of Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 50:18. _WHEN THOU SAWEST A THIEF_] Rapine, adulteries, and adulterous _divines_, were common among the Jews in our Lord's time. The Gospels give full proof of this.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 50:21. _THESE_ THINGS _HAST THOU DONE_] My eye has been continually upon you, though my judgments have not been poured out: and because I was _silent_, thou didst suppose _I was such as_ _thyself; but I will reprove thee_, c. I will visit for these things.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 50:22. _NOW CONSIDER THIS_] Ye have forgotten your God, and sinned against him. He has marked down all your iniquities, and has them _in order_ to exhibit against you. Beware, therefore, _lest_ _he tear you to pieces, when there is none to deliver_; for none can deliver you but the _Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 50:23. _WHOSO OFFERETH PRAISE_] These are the very same words as those in Psalms 50:14, זבח תודה; and should be read the same way independently of the _points, zebach todah_, "sacrifice the thank-offering." JESUS is the great _eucharistic sacrifice_; offer him up to God in your faith an... [ Continue Reading ]