Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 50:8
I will not (h) reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
(h) For I pass not for sacrifices unless the true use is there, which is to confirm your faith.
I will not (h) reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
(h) For I pass not for sacrifices unless the true use is there, which is to confirm your faith.
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...
I WILL NOT REPROVE THEE FOR THY SACRIFICES OR THY BURNT-OFFERINGS - On the words “sacrifices” and “burnt-offerings” here used, see the notes at Isaiah 1:11. The meaning is, “I do not reprove or rebuke...
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...
Render with R.V., I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt offerings are continually before me. This rendering is grammatically preferable to that of R.V. marg. _Nor for thy burnt...
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...
_I WILL NOT REPROVE THEE FOR THY SACRIFICES OR THY BURNT OFFERINGS, TO HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME._ I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices. Here God implies that Israel brought the sacrifice...
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...
WILL NOT REPROVE] because such offerings were not what God most regarded. OR THY BURNT OFFERINGS, etc.] RV 'and thy burnt offerings are continually before me.'...
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...
I WILL NOT... — Better, _Not on account of thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, nor thy burnt offerings, which are always before me._ This part of the nation is judged not for neglect of ritual, but for...
לֹ֣א עַל ־זְ֭בָחֶיךָ אֹוכִיחֶ֑ךָ וְ עֹולֹתֶ֖יךָ...
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...
_Uncertain. Hebrew, "in the interior," I am full of sin, and thou requirest that I should constantly adhere to virtue. See Job xiv. 1. --- To me. This increases my crime, (Calmet) as I cannot plead ig...
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...
8_I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, etc. _God now proceeds to state the charge which he adduced against them. He declares, that he attached no value whatsoever to sacrifices in themselves co...
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 NOT REPROVE THEE FOR THY SACRIFICES,.... For the neglect of them; this they were not chargeable with; and had they omitted them, a charge would not have been brought against them on that accoun...
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me. Ver. 8. _I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices_] _i.e._ For thy neglect of them, but for...
_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 not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, He had no complaint to make that they had not been offered, OR THY BURNT OFFERINGS, TO HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME, rather, "and thy burnt offerings are...
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...
I do not charge thee, or at least this is not the principal matter of my charge, that thou hast neglected sacrifices which thou shouldst have offered; for although thou hast many times omitted thy dut...
Psalms 50:8 rebuke H3198 (H8686) sacrifices H2077 offerings H5930 continually H8548 Psalms 40:6-8,...
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. 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...
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. 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...
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...
Hebrews 10:4; Hosea 6:6; Isaiah 1:11; Jeremiah 7:21; Psalms 40:6;...
I will not — This is not the principal matter of my charge, that thou hast neglected sacrifices which thou shouldst have offered....