Bible Commentary

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 18. then thou consentedst with him ] The original is stronger: thou didst delight thyself with him, didst gladly associate with him. Cf. Job 34:9. R.V. omits then. The LXX vocalises the consonants differently and renders, thou didst run … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:18”

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 17. instruction ] Or, correction; the whole discipline of moral education; a word occurring here only in the Psalter, but common in Proverbs, where it is the mark of the fool and the scorner to despise instruction. Cp. Deu 8:5; Deu 11:2. and castest &c.] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:17”

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 16. What meanest thou by rehearsing my statutes, and by having taken (R.V. rightly, and that thou hast taken) my covenant in thy mouth? The people had pledged themselves to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:16”

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 15. call upon me &c.] Prayer is the proof of trust. Cp. Psa 20:1; yet note that that Psalm contains a reference to the acceptableness of material sacrifice ( Psa 50:3). The LXX. here inserts a Selah, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:15”

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: 14. Offer &c.] Lit., sacrifice unto God thanksgiving: hence R.V., offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. The context makes it clear that spiritual sacrifices of thanksgiving are meant, not the material ‘sacrifices of thanksgiving’ (Lev 7:12) as contrasted with burnt offerings. Cp. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:14”

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 13. Such a gross and material notion of sacrifice was common in heathen countries, and the survival of the phrase ‘bread’ or ‘food of Jehovah’ seems to indicate that it once existed even in Israel. See Lev 3:11; Lev 21:6; Lev 21:8; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:13”

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fullness thereof. 12. the world is mine &c.] Cp. Psa 24:1; Psa 89:11; Exo 19:5; Deu 10:14; Job 41:11 ; 1Co 10:26. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges If I were hungry, I would not tell thee … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:12”

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine. 11. The wild beasts of the field ] A peculiar phrase, found only in another Asaphite Psalm (Psa 80:13), meaning probably all that moveth in the field, including the ‘creeping thing’ (Gen 1:24 f). are mine ] Lit., … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:11”

For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills. 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:10”

I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds. I will take no bullock out of thy house – Bullocks were offered regularly in the Hebrew service and sacrifice Exo 29:11, Exo 29:36; Lev 4:4; 1Ki 18:23, 1Ki 18:33; and it is with reference to this that the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:9”