Psalm 50:7-23 NLT,NIV,ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:17

Seeing thou hatest instruction (comp. Proverbs 1:25 , Proverbs 1:29 ). God, by his Law, teaches men their duties; but many men "hate" to be instructed. And castest my words behind thee . They proceed from "inward alienation" to "open rejection" of the moral law. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:18

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst unto him . God tests his professed, but really disobedient, servants by the second table of the Decalogue, and finds them wanting. If they do not themselves actually rob, they give their consent, they become accessories before the fact, to robbery. They probably participate in the gains. And hast been partaker with adulterers; rather, and with adulterers is thy portion ; i.e. thou hast thrown in thy lot with them, hast adopted their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:19

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit; rather, thou hast loosed thy mouth to evil; i.e. given it liberty to utter all manner of wicked speech; and especially thou hast used mouth and tongue to cozen and deceive. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother. Professor Cheyne understands by "brother" any fellow-Israelite; hut the parallel in the second hemistich— Thou slanderest thine own mother's son —implies that an actual brother is intended. It is one of the special characteristics of the reprobate to be "without natural affection" ( Romans 1:31 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:21

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself. Because God did not interpose openly to punish the sins committed, the transgressor dared to imagine him to be indifferent to sin, "such an one as himself"—no holier, no purer, no more averse to evil. But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes . But now the time is come when I shall no longer keep silence; I shall openly "reprove" thee, and marshal in set... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:21

Thoughts of God. "Thou thoughtest … as thyself." What a man thinks in his heart of God is the turning-point of life and character. If we think "all things are naked and opened," etc. ( Hebrews 4:13 ), that we really "have to do" with God, this must needs tell on our whole view of life, from its greatest affairs to its least. If we think God takes no note of sin, we shall be careless of sin. If we think of God as severe, implacable, unjust, we may fear him, but cannot love him. If we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:22

Now consider this, ye that forget God . Having been "reproved," the wicked are now, in conclusion, exhorted and warned. "Consider this;" i.e. take it to heart, reflect upon it, let it sink deeply into your minds and consciences, and act upon it. Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. A most awful threat. To "tear in pieces" is the act of a wild beast ( Psalms 7:2 ). Job declares that God "teareth him;" but otherwise the expression is scarcely used of Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:22

Forgetfulness of God. "Now consider," etc. The prevailing character of the Book of Psalms is that Divine truth is clothed in the language of human experience. But in this psalm God alone speaks. The personality of the psalmist vanishes. Man's voice is hushed. We are called into the very presence of God, like Israel at the foot of Sinai. It is God's voice that summons us to judgment, and sets our sins in order before our eyes. Yet it is the voice of merciful warning. "Consider!" ( Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:23

Whose offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God . As the wicked have their parting warning, so the godly have their parting encouragement. God is "glorified" (see Psalms 50:15 ) by those who offer him praise from a sincere heart; and if a man will lay down for himself a straight path and pursue it, God will "show him his salvation;' i.e. will bring him to peace and blessedness. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:7

Hear, O my people, and I will speak - God himself is now introduced as speaking, and as stating the principles on which the judgment will proceed. The previous verses are introductory, or are designed to bring the scene of the judgment before the mind. The solemn scene now opens, and God himself speaks, especially as rebuking the disposition to rely on the mere forms of religion, while its spirituality and its power are denied. The purpose of the whole is, by asking how these things will appear... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 50:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:7

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