Psalm 50:1-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:1-6

It is probable that Asaph was not only the chief musician, who was to put a tune to this psalm, but that he was himself the penman of it; for we read that in Hezekiah's time they praised God in the words of David and of Asaph the seer, 2 Chron. 29:30. Here is, I. The court called, in the name of the King of kings (Ps. 50:2): The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken?El, Elohim, Jehovah, the God of infinite power justice and mercy, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. God is the Judge, the Son of God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 50:1

The mighty God ,.... In the Hebrew text it is "El", "Elohim", which Jarchi renders the "God of gods"; that is, of angels, who are so called, Psalm 8:5 ; so Christ, who is God over all, is over them; he is their Creator, and the object of their worship, Hebrews 1:6 ; or of kings, princes, judges, and all civil magistrates, called gods, Psalm 82:1 ; and so Kimchi interprets the phrase here "Judge of judges". Christ is King of kings, and Lord of lords, by whom they reign and judge, and to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 50:2

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Or "shall shine" F16 הומיע "emicabit", Tigurine version; "vel effulgebit", Vatablus; "illucescet", Amama, Grotius. ; the past for the future, as Kimchi observes; or "the perfection of the beauty of God hath shined out of Zion" F17 So De Dieu. ; that is, Christ; he is the perfection of beauty; he is fairer than the children of men; he is more glorious than the angels in heaven: as Mediator, he is full of grace and truth,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 50:3

Our God shall come ,.... That is, Christ, who is truly and properly God, and who was promised and expected as a divine Person; and which was necessary on account of the work he came about; and believers claim an interest in him as their God; and he is their God, in whom they trust, and whom they worship: and this coming of his is to be understood, not of his coming in the flesh; for though that was promised, believed, and prayed for, as these words are by some rendered, "may our God come" ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 50:4

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth ,.... To hear what he shall say, when he will no longer keep silence; and to be witnesses of the justice of his proceedings; see Isaiah 1:2 . The Targum interprets this of the angels above on high, and of the righteous on the earth below; and so Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, explain it of the angels of heaven, and of the inhabitants of the earth; that he may judge his people ; not that they, the heavens and the earth, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 50:5

Gather my saints together unto me ,.... These words are spoken by Christ to the heavens and the earth; that is, to the angels, the ministers of the Gospel, to gather in, by the ministry of the word, his elect ones among the Gentiles; see Matthew 24:30 ; called his "saints", who had an interest in his favour and lovingkindness, and were sanctified or set apart for his service and glory; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice ; or, "who have made my covenant by, or on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 50:6

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness ,.... That is, either the heavens shall bear witness to his justice and equity in judging his people; or the angels, the ministers of the Gospel, shall declare his justifying righteousness, which is revealed in it, to the saints and covenant ones they shall be a means of gathering in: or rather the justice of Christ in the destruction of the Jews shall be attested and applauded by angels and men, just as the righteousness of God in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:1

The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken - Here the essential names of God are used: יהוה אלהים אל El , read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:1

Verse 1 1.The God of gods, even Jehovah, (241) hath spoken The inscription of this psalm bears the name of Asaph; but whether he was the author of it, or merely received it as chief singer from the hand of David, cannot be known. This, however, is a matter of little consequence. The opinion has been very generally entertained, that the psalm points to the period of the Church’s renovation, and that the design of the prophet is to apprise the Jews of the coming abrogation of their figurative... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 50:3

Verse 3 3.Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence (243) He repeats that God would come, in order to confirm his doctrine, and more effectually arouse them. He would come, and should not always keep silence, lest they should be encouraged to presume upon his forbearance. Two reasons may be assigned why the prophet calls God our God He may be considered as setting himself, and the comparatively small number of the true fearers of the Lord, in opposition to the hypocrites whom he abhors,... read more

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