Psalm 50:7-23 NLT,NIV,ESV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:23

Whoso offereth praise - These are the very same words as those in Psalm 50:14 , תודה זבח ; 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 and prayers. By this sacrifice is God glorified, for in him is God well pleased; and it was by the grace or good pleasure of God that he tasted death for every man. Ordereth his conversation - דרך שם sam derech ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:7

Verse 7 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 the end of the psalm God himself is introduced as the speaker; and to show the importance of the subject, he uses additional terms to awaken attention, calling them his own people, that he might challenge the higher authority to his words, and intimating, that the following address is not of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:8

Verse 8 8I 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 considered. Not that he asserts this rite of the Jews to have been vain and useless, for in that case it never would have been instituted by God; but there is this difference betwixt religious exercises and others, that they can only meet the approbation of God when performed in their true... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:9

Verse 9 9I will take no calf out thy house Two reasons are given in this and the succeeding verses to prove that he cannot set any value upon sacrifices. The first is, that supposing him to depend upon these, he needs not to be indebted for them to man, having all the fullness of the earth at his command; and the second, that he requires neither food nor drink as we do for the support of our infirm natures. Upon the first of these he insists in the ninth and three following verses, where he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:14

Verse 14 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 by God; but the difficulty disappears when we perceive that they are spoken of only in comparison with the true worship of God. From this we infer, that when properly observed, they were far from incurring divine condemnation. There is in all men by nature a strong and ineffaceable... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:15

Verse 15 In the fifteenth verse we have first an injunction to prayer, then a promise of its being answered, and afterwards a call to thanksgiving. We are enjoined to pray in the day of trouble, but not with the understanding that we are to pray only then, for prayer is a duty incumbent upon us every day, and every moment of our lives. Be our situation ever so comfortable and exempt from disquietude, we must never cease to engage in the exercise of supplication, remembering that, if God should... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:16

Verse 16 16But unto the wicked, etc. He now proceeds to direct his censures more openly against those whose whole religion lies in an observance of ceremonies, with which they attempt to blind the eyes of God. An exposure is made of the vanity of seeking to shelter impurity of heart and life under a veil of outward services, a lesson which ought to have been received by all with true consent, but which was peculiarly ungrateful to Jewish ears. It has been universally confessed, that the worship... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:17

Verse 17 17.Also thou hatest correction Here hypocrites are challenged with treacherous duplicity in denying, by their life and their works, that godliness which they have professed with the lip. Their contempt of God he proves from their want of reverential deference to his Word; subjection to the Word of God, and cordial submission to his precepts and instructions, being the surest test of religious principle. One way in which hypocrisy usually displays itself is, by the ingenious excuses it... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:21

Verse 21 21These things hast thou done Hypocrites, until they feel the hand of God against them, are ever ready to surrender themselves to a state of security, and nothing is more difficult than to awaken their apprehensions. By this alarming language the Psalmist aims at convincing them of the certainty of destruction should they longer presume upon the forbearance of God, and thus provoke his anger the more, by imagining that he can favor the practice of sin. The greatest dishonor which any... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:22

Verse 22 22Now consider this, ye that forget God Here we have more of that severe expostulation which is absolutely necessary in dealing with hardened hypocrites, who otherwise will only deride all instruction. While, however, the Psalmist threatens and intends to alarm them, he would, at the same time, hold out to them the hope of pardon, upon their hastening to avail themselves of it. But to prevent them from giving way to delay, he warns them of the severity, as well as the suddenness, of... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:22

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