Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 50:23
Glorifieth — He and he only gives me the honour that I require, and not he who loads my altar with sacrifices.
Glorifieth — He and he only gives me the honour that I require, and not he who loads my altar with sacrifices.
Verse Psalms 50:23. _WHOSO OFFERETH PRAISE_] These are the very same words as those in Psalms 50:14, זבח תודה; and should be read the same way independently of the _points, zebach todah_, "sacrifice...
WHOSO OFFERETH PRAISE GLORIFIETH ME - That is, he truly honors me; he is a true worshipper; he meets with my approbation. The word here rendered ““offereth”” is the same which is used in Psalms 50:14,...
Psalms 50 The Demands of a Righteous God _ 1. His coming and His call (Psalms 50:1)_ 2. The God of Israel speaks (Psalms 50:7) 3. The demands of righteousness ...
L. GOD LOOKS TO CONDUCT RATHER THAN TO SACRIFICE. For the attitude to sacrifice, _cf._ Psalms 40*. PSALMS 50:1. The expected Theophany. PSALMS 50:1. Read _mg._ with LXX. CALLED THE EARTH: since the...
CONVERSATION. way. Some codices, with five early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "And there [will be]. way by which. will show to him", &c. TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64....
Practical conclusion, addressed to both classes: to the formal worshippers who -forget God" by ignoring the spiritual character of the worship which He desires, as well as to the hypocrites whose cond...
_Whoso offereth praise_ He that offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving, as in Psalms 50:14. This line sums up the teaching of Psalms 50:7 on the nature of true worship: and it is natural to expect the...
NOW CONSIDER THIS— Here God must be supposed to have delivered up the wicked man to punishment irreversible; and upon that, to speak these two verses. Upon this supposition, _lest I tear,_ &c. comes i...
PSALMS 50 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Judgment on Israel Pronounced amid the Solemnities of an Audible and Visible Divine Manifestation. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 50:1-7, Preparations for Judgment: consisti...
_WHOSO OFFERETH PRAISE GLORIFIETH ME: AND TO HIM THAT ORDERETH HIS CONVERSATION ARIGHT WILL I SHEW THE SALVATION OF GOD._ Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me - or 'shall glorify me.' Hengstenberg, fr...
50:23 offereth (g-2) Lit. 'Sacrifice,' as Deuteronomy 12:15 ; Psalms 4:5 . see Leviticus 7:11 ; Leviticus 17:5-7 . pr...
The title (A PSALM OF ASAPH) is discussed in Intro, to Book 3, where the other Pss. of Asaph are found. The present Ps. is one of solemn warning to those who attempt to serve God by formal sacrifices...
CONVERSATION] RM 'way,' manner of life....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
OFFERETH PRAISE. — Better, s_acrificeth thanksgiving,_ as in Psalms 50:14; the poet here sums up what he has previously said. This clause must therefore be considered as addressed to the sincere _form...
זֹבֵ֥חַ תֹּודָ֗ה יְֽכַ֫בְּדָ֥נְנִי וְ שָׂ֥ם דֶּ֑רֶךְ...
Psalms 50:1 This is the first of the Asaph psalms, and is separated from the other eleven (Psalms 73:1; Psalms 74:1; Psalms 75:1;...
GOD'S WARNING TO THE WICKED Psalms 50:16 These searching words are for us all. We have no right to declare God's statutes, if our hearts hide wickedness in their secret chambers. We must not share il...
The singer addresses himself in the name of God to the whole earth, that it may hear and learn an important lesson. The call is made in the first verse. The final appeal is in verses Psalms 50:22. The...
Whoso offereth (r) praise glorifieth me: and to him that (s) ordereth [his] conversation [aright] will I (t) shew the salvation of God. (r) Under which is contained faith and invocation. (s) As God...
PSALM L. (MISERERE.) The repentance and confession of David after his sin. The fourth penitential psalm....
If we explain these delightful words with an eye to the gospel church in Christ Jesus, then the sense will be lovely: for this will be to offer God the Father praise, in and through Christ, our great...
23_Whoso offereth praise will glorify me _This is the third time that the Psalmist has inculcated the truth, that the most acceptable sacrifice in God’s sight is praise, by which we express to him the...
In Psalms 50 we enter on new ground God's judgment of the people. Jehovah the mighty God summons the whole earth; as in Psalms 51 we have their confession of killing Christ. The introduction of Psalms...
WHOSO OFFERETH PRAISE,...., Which is exhorted to; Psalms 50:14; GLORIFIETH ME; celebrates the divine perfections, gives God the glory of all mercies; which honours him, and is more grateful and well...
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth [his] conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God. Ver. 23. _Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me_] So his praise be cordial, o...
_Whoso offereth praise_ Or, _thanksgiving_, as the word תודה, _todah_, is often rendered; _glorifieth me_ He, and he only, gives me the honour which I prize and require; and not he who loads my altar...
OF THE TRUE SERVICE OF GOD. A psalm of Asaph, one of the directors of the Temple-chorus at the time of David, distinguished for musical and poetical ability, 1 Chronicles 26. The hymn shows how the g...
Whoso offereth, praise, the true thanksgiving of a believing heart, GLORIFIETH ME, the external worship in this case being an expression of the faith of the heart; AND TO HIM THAT ORDERETH HIS CONVERS...
THAT ORDERETH HIS CONVERSATION: _ Heb._ that disposeth his way...
16-23 Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common, for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others, to live in disobedience to them themselves. This delusion arises from t...
PRAISE; or, _thanksgiving_ as this word is rendered, PSALMS 50:14. SEE POOLE ON "PSALMS 50:14". GLORIFIETH ME; he and he only gives me the honour that I require and prize, and not he who loads my alta...
Psalms 50:23 offers H2076 (H8802) praise H8426 glorifies H3513 (H8762) orders H7760 (H8804) conduct H1870 show...
A FINAL PLEA TO ALL HIS COVENANT PEOPLE (PSALMS 50:22). God now makes a final plea to them to consider their ways, and not forget Him. For if they do He will stand by when they are being torn in piec...
In the first part of this Psalm God has solemnly expostulated with his people as to the utter worthlessness of sacrifice and ceremony apart from living faith in him, and holy life as its fruit; and he...
A Psalm of Asaph. It is mentioned, in the life of Hezekiah, that «the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer,» so that v...
CONTENTS: The arraignment of the ungodly and the greatness of Jehovah. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: Every man shall be called to give an account of himself to God. In that great day, He will...
Asaph, to whom this psalm is inscribed, was a seer, as well as head of the singers. He was also the author of twelve psalms, extremely beautiful, and highly prophetic. He here declares that EL ELOHIM...
_Whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me._ SONGS OF THE BIBLE I. The song of the new birth. Every believer has learned some of the notes of this song, for we enter the kingdom singing it. When in the wor...
_But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare My statutes?_ THE MERE FORMALIST AND THE SPIRITUALIST IN RELIGION I. The mere formalists in religion. 1. They are religiously active-...
_The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth, from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof._ THE FIRST OF THE ASAPH PSALMS This_, _the first of the Asaph psalms, is sep...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 50:1. Through this psalm the worshipers announce God’s standards for living as part of his covenant people. The God who summons the earth (v. Psal
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 50:23 Membership in God’s favored people should mean joyful delight in God’s presence (THANKSGIVING AS HIS SACRIFICE), and a just and kind life in fellowship with God’s people (OR...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_. “_A Psalm of Asaph_.” Asaph was “a Levite, son of Berachiah, one of the leaders of David’s choir (1 Chronicles 6:39). Psalms 50, 73-83 are attributed to him, but probabl...
EXPOSITION THE psalmist announces an appearance of God to his people "out of Zion," and a pronouncement of judgment upon them, which all heaven (Psalms 50:4) and earth (Psalms 50:1) are called upon to...
Psa 50:1-23 is divided into three categories. The first six verses deal with God who is speaking. In the Hebrew it begins, "El Elohim, Jehovah, hath spoken." God, singular; Gods, plural; and then the...
1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 2:9; Acts 10:2; Acts 11:14; Acts 13:26;...