I will take no bullock out of thy house ,.... That is, will accept of none; such sacrifices being no more agreeable to the will of God, Hebrews 10:5 ; the "bullock" is mentioned, that being a principal creature used in sacrifice; as also the following, nor he goats out of thy folds ; the reasons follow. read more
For every beast of the forest is mine ,.... By creation and preservation; and therefore he stood in no need of their bullocks and he goats; and the cattle upon a thousand hills ; meaning all the cattle in the whole world. read more
I know all the fowls of the mountains ,.... God not only knows them, but takes care of them; not a sparrow fails to the ground without his knowledge, and all the fowls of the air are fed by him, Matthew 10:29 ; and therefore needed not their turtledoves and young pigeons, which were the only fowls used in sacrifice; and the wild beasts of the field are mine ; which are mentioned in opposition to domestic ones, such as they had in their houses or folds, Psalm 50:9 . read more
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee ,.... Or "say to thee" F23 לא אמר לך "non dicam tibi", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "non dicerem tibi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis. ; ask for anything for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof ; with which, was the former his case, he could satisfy himself; see Psalm 24:1 . read more
Every beast of the forest is mine - Can ye suppose that ye are laying me under obligation to you, when ye present me with a part of my own property? read more
The world is mine, and the fullness thereof - Ye cannot, therefore, give me any thing that is not my own. read more
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
False to covenant. God comes to Zion, as he once came to Sinai, amidst fire and tempest, calling upon the heavens and the earth to be his witnesses, while he summons his people to judgment, in which he proclaims how they had been false to the covenant that was between them. I. THE ACCUSATION . ( Psalms 50:7-13 .) 1 . They had forgotten the spiritual relations between them. ( Psalms 50:5-7 .) They were "his saints," "his people; he was God, even their God." And he had to... read more
The psalm consists of four portions: 1. An introduction (divided off by the pause-mark, "Selah," from the rest of the psalm), announcing the "appearance," and calling on heaven and earth to witness it ( Psalms 50:1-6 ). 2. An address to the godly Israelites ( Psalms 50:7-15 ). 3. An address to the ungodly Israelites ( Psalms 50:16-21 ). 4. A conclusion, divided equally between threat and promise ( Psalms 50:22 , Psalms 50:23 ). The psalm is ascribed to Asaph,... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:7-15
God is here dealing with those that placed all their religion in the observances of the ceremonial law, and thought those sufficient. I. He lays down the original contract between him and Israel, in which they had avouched him to be their God, and he them to be his people, and so both parties were agreed (Ps. 50:7): Hear, O my people! and I will speak. Note, It is justly expected that whatever others doe, when he speaks, his people should give ear; who will, if they do not? And then we may... read more