Bible Commentary

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me. 8. Render with R.V., I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt offerings are continually before me. This rendering is grammatically preferable to that of R.V. marg. Nor for thy burnt offerings, which are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:8”

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God. 7. I will testify against thee ] Or, I will protest unto thee, of solemn wanting and exhortation. Cp. Psa 81:8, another Asaphite Psalm. I am God, even thy God ] The words … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:7”

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah. 6. Better (unless we alter the vocalisation and render, and let the heavens declare), And the heavens declare his righteousness, For God is about to Judge. While the defendants are being gathered, the Psalmist hears the heavens, which have been summoned to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:6”

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 5. Gather &c.] To whom is the command addressed? Perhaps to the angels who are God’s ministers of judgement (Mat 24:31), and by whom He appears attended (Deu 33:2); less probably to heaven and earth, which according to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:5”

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 4. He shall call to the heavens from above ] Better, in continuation of the preceding verse, Let him call to the heavens above. The object of the summons is ‘that he may judge his people.’ Heaven … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:4”

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 3. In the preceding verses the Theophany is described as already visibly beginning. Instead of simply continuing that description, the poet-seer “imagines himself as an eager and interested spectator,” and prays … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:3”

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. 2. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty ] This rendering is certainly preferable to that of P.B.V., ‘Out of Zion hath God appeared in perfect beauty.” Cp. Psa 48:2; and Lam 2:15, which unites phrases taken from both Psalms. In 1Ma 2:12 the Temple … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:2”

A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 1. The mighty God, even the Lord ] El Elohim Jehovah. The three names, representing three aspects of the Divine character, are combined to emphasise the majesty of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:1”

Man [that is] in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish. 20. The refrain of Psa 49:12, repeated with a significant variation, qualifying the previous statement. It is not the rich and honourable man, as such, who is no better than the cattle that perish; but the rich man who is destitute … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 49:20”

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 19. He shall go ] There should be a comma at the end of Psa 49:18, as in R.V., for Psa 49:19 forms the apodosis to it. The Heb. verb may be either the 3rd person fem., the subject being the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 49:19”