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George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 50:20

Deal. These two verses have no necessary connexion with the preceding: they may have been added by some prophet at Babylon, (Calmet) or David foresaw the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans. (St. Chrysostom) --- He might fear that his sin would draw ruin on the capital, as a much less offence did, and as in all ages, the sins of the rulers have fallen on their subjects, 2 Kings xxiv. (Haydock) --- Though the place was not destitute of fortifications, (Calmet) he might pray that they might... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:16-23

16-23 Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common, for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others, to live in disobedience to them themselves. This delusion arises from the abuse of God's long-suffering, and a wilful mistake of his character and the intention of his gospel. The sins of sinners will be fully proved on them in the judgment of the great day. The day is coming when God will set their sins in order, sins of childhood and youth, of riper age and old age,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 50:1-23

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 grandeur and solemnity of the divine judgment should instruct men in the true worship and encourage them in true piety. v. 1. The mighty God, even the Lord (in the Hebrew: El Elohim Jehovah), the God of gods, Jehovah, the supreme God of earth and heaven, hath spoken and called the earth from the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 50:1-23

Psalms 50:0A Psalm of Asaph          The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken,And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof2     Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,God hath shined.3     Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:A fire shall devour before him,And it shall be very tempestuous round about him.4     He shall call to the heavens from above,And to the earth, that he may judge his people.5     Gather my saints together unto me;Those that have... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 50:16-23

God’s Warning to the Wicked Psalms 50:16-23 These searching words are for us all. We have no right to declare God’s statutes, if our hearts hide wickedness in their secret chambers. We must not share ill-gotten money. Impurity, deceit, slander must be far from us, if we would have fellowship with God in prayer or service. God’s silence must not be taken as indifference, for He is carefully watching each word and act; and if we persist, He will arise and set out all these unforgiven sins in... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:1-23

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 50:22-23. The lesson is that forgetfulness of God issues in gravest peril, while the remembrance which worships ensures the blessing of salvation. Between the call to attention and the final appeal the psalmist sings of the relation between God and His own (verses Psa 50:2-15 ), and then of the attitude of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:16-21

God Speaks To The ‘Wicked’, The More Overt Covenant Breakers, Whom He Sees As Blatantly Hypocritical, And Outlines The Activities That Cut Them Off From His Mercy. He Points Out That He Is Coming In Order To ‘Reprove’ Them And Put Things Right (Psalms 50:16-21 ). Psalms 50:16-17 ‘But to the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, And that you have taken my covenant in your mouth, Seeing you hate instruction, And cast my words behind you?’ God challenges ‘the wicked’ for... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:1-23

L. God Looks to Conduct rather than to Sacrifice.— For the attitude to sacrifice, cf. Psalms 40*. Psalms 50:1-Joshua : . The expected Theophany. Psalms 50:1 . Read mg. with LXX.— called the earth: since the calling occurs in Psalms 50:4, which is a more appropriate place, read “ the earth feared.” Psalms 50:5 . The LXX reads “ Gather his saints together unto him, those that have made his covenant with him by sacrifice.” The last words refer to Exodus 24:5 ff. For “ saints’ ( hasî dî m) ,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 50:19

Thou givest, Heb. thou sendest forth, to wit, free; for the word is used of men’s dismissing their wives or their servants, whom they left to their freedom. Thou hast an unbridled tongue, and castest off all restraints of God’s law, and of thy own conscience, and givest thy tongue liberty to speak what thou pleasest, though it be offensive and dishonourable to God, and injurious to thy neighbour, or to thy own soul; which is justly produced as an evidence of their hypocrisy. To evil; either to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 50:20

Thou dost not only speak evil in a sudden passion, or upon some great provocation, but this is thy constant and deliberate practice and business, which thou dost pursue with great facility and complacency; all which this phrase implies. Thy brother; strictly so called, as the next clause explains it; which is a great aggravation of the sin, and a proof of his inveterate and obstinate wickedness. Thou slanderest; takest away his good name, which is better than all riches; yea, than life itself;... read more

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