Psalm 50:7-23 NLT,NIV,ESV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:8

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 you in respect to the withholding of sacrifices. I do not charge you with neglecting the offering of such sacrifices. I do not accuse the nation of indifference in regard to the external rites or duties of religion. It is not on this ground that you are to be blamed or condemned, for that duty is... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:9

I will take no bullock out of thy house - Bullocks were offered regularly in the Hebrew service and sacrifice Exodus 29:11, Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 4:4; 1Ki 18:23, 1 Kings 18:33; and it is with reference to this that the language is used here. In obedience to the law it was right and proper to offer such sacrifices; and the design here is not to express disapprobation of these offerings in themselves considered. On this subject - on the external compliance with the law in this respect - God... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:10

For every beast of the forest is mine - All the beasts that roam at large in the wilderness; all that are untamed and unclaimed by man. The idea is, that even if God “needed” such offerings, he was not dependent on them - for the numberless beasts that roamed at large as his own would yield an ample supply.And the cattle upon a thousand hills - This may mean either the cattle that roamed by thousands on the hills, or the cattle on numberless hills. The Hebrew will bear either construction. The... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:11

I know all the fowls of the mountains - That is, I am fully acquainted with their numbers; their nature; their habits; their residence. I have such a knowledge of them that I could appropriate them to my own use if I were in need of them. I am not, therefore, dependent on people to offer them, for I can use them as I please.And the wild beasts of the field are mine - Margin, “with me.” That is, they are before me. They are never out of my presence. At any time, therefore, I could use them as I... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:12

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee - I should not have occasion to apply to you; I should not be dependent on you.For the world is mine - The earth; all that has been created.And the fulness thereof - All that fills the world; all that exists upon it. The whole is at his disposal; to all that the earth produces he has a right. This language is used to show the absurdity of the supposition that he was in any way dependent on man, or that the offering of sacrifice could be supposed in any... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:13

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? - This is said to show still further the absurdity of the views which seem to have prevailed among those who offered sacrifices. They offered them “as if” they were needed by God; “as if” they laid him under obligation; “as if” in some way they contributed to his happiness, or were essential to his welfare. The only supposition on which this could be true was, that he needed the flesh of the one for food, and the blood of the other for... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:14

Offer unto God thanksgiving - The word rendered “offer” in this place - זבח zâbach - means properly “sacrifice.” So it is rendered by the Septuagint, θῦσον thuson - and by the Vulgate, “immola.” The word is used, doubtless, with design - to show what was the “kind” of sacrifice with which God would be pleased, and which he would approve. It was not the mere “sacrifice” of animals, as they commonly understood the term; it was not the mere presentation of the bodies and the blood of slain... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:15

And call upon me in the day of trouble - This is a part of real religion as truly as praise is, Psalms 50:14. This is also the duty and the privilege of all the true worshippers of God. To do this shows where the heart is, as really as direct acts of praise and thanksgiving. The purpose of all that is said here is to show that true religion - the proper service of God - does not consist in the mere offering of sacrifice, but that it is of a spiritual nature, and that the offering of sacrifice... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:16

But unto the wicked God saith - This commences a second part of the subject. See the introduction. Thus far the psalm had reference to those who were merely external worshippers, or mere formalists, as showing that such could not be approved and accepted in the day of judgment; that spiritual religion - the offering of the “heart” - was necessary in order to acceptance with God. In this part of the psalm the same principles are applied to those who actually “violate” the law which they profess... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:17

Seeing thou hatest instruction - That is, He is unwilling himself to be taught. He will not learn the true nature of religion, and yet he presumes to instruct others. Compare the notes at Romans 2:21.And castest my words behind thee - He treated them with contempt, or as unworthy of attention. He did not regard them as worthy of being “retained,” but threw them contemptuously away. read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 50:17

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