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I KNOW ALL THE FOWLS OF THE MOUNTAINS - That is, I am fully acquainted
with their numbers; their nature; their habits; their residence. I
have such a knowledge of them that I could appropriate them to...
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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 ...
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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...
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The trial begins. God is the accuser as well as the judge. Israel's
sacrifices are unexceptionable, but it is not slain beasts which the
Lord of all the earth desires, but the devotion of the heart,
e...
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_The wild beasts of the field_ A peculiar phrase, found only in
another Asaphite Psalm (Psalms 80:13), meaning probably all that
moveth in the field, including the -creeping thing" (Genesis 1:24 f)....
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DISCOURSE: 584
SPIRITUAL OBEDIENCE PREFERRED BEFORE SACRIFICE
Psalms 50:7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will
testify against thee; I am God, even thy God. I will not reprove th...
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I KNOW ALL THE FOWLS OF THE MOUNTAINS— _I know all the fowls of the
air._ Houbigant....
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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...
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_I KNOW ALL THE FOWLS OF THE MOUNTAINS: AND THE WILD BEASTS OF THE
FIELD ARE MINE._
I know all the fowls. Knowledge and ownership go together; Omniscience
is inseparably linked with I KNOW ALL THE FO...
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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...
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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...
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(9-18) Notice the fine tone of irony that pervades this rebuke, the
best weapon against ritualistic errors....
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WILD BEASTS. — Literally, _that which moveth._ (Comp. Psalms 80:13.)...
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יָ֭דַעְתִּי כָּל ־עֹ֣וף הָרִ֑ים וְ
זִ֥יז שָׂ֝
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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;...
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SACRIFICES WHICH GOD DESIRES
Psalms 50:1
This is one of the most majestic compositions of this book. For
literary power it cannot be excelled. The psalmist hears God calling
the whole world from east...
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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...
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_Face. Anger. If the sinner consider his fault, God will forget it.
(Calmet) --- His justice requires that he should punish the
impenitent. (Worthington)_...
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Here is a solemn appeal to God's ancient people, the Jews, on the
subject of sacrifices. What language here is, to show in what light
sacrifices under the law ought to have been regarded, and with wha...
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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...
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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,
Matth...
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I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the
field [are] mine.
Ver. 11. _I know all the fowls of the mountains_] _i.e._ _In numerato
habeo,_ saith Vatablus, they are always befor...
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_I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices_, &c. This is not the
principal matter of my charge against thee, that thou hast neglected
sacrifices, which thou shouldest have offered; for, although thou...
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I know all the fowls of the mountains, all the birds that prefer to
nest there; AND THE WILD BEASTS OF THE FIELD ARE MINE, all the animals
that played in the valleys and lowlands....
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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...
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MINE:
_ Heb._ with me...
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7-15 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our
neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to
rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any for...
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I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, and whence I can easily fetch them when I think
good. THE FOWLS OF THE MOUNTAINS; not only tame and domestic fowls,
but even such as are wild and fly up and down upon mountains;...
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Psalms 50:11 know H3045 (H8804) birds H5775 mountains H2022 beasts
H2123 field H7704 Mine H5978
know -...
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GOD ADDRESSES HIS PEOPLE AS DEFENDANTS AND REVEALS THAT HE IS NOT
JUDGING THEM BECAUSE OF THE INADEQUACY OF THEIR PHYSICAL SACRIFICES,
WHICH IN FACT ARE NOT NEEDED BY HIM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE INADEQUAC...
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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...
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Psalms 50:1. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called
the earth from the rising of the sun until the going down thereof. Out
of Zion the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God sh...
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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...
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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...
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_I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings._
LESSONS
“I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices;” _i.e._ for thy
neglect of them, but for thy resting in them, sticking in th...
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_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...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 50:7 God’s people must realize that he does
not depend upon SACRIFICES in any way (v. Psalms 50:8) since he owns
the entire world (vv....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ezekiel 14:15; Ezekiel 14:16; Genesis 1:20; Isaiah 56:9; Job 38:41;...
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The fowls — Such as are wild and fly up and down upon mountains....