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Verse Psalms 50:21. _THESE_ THINGS _HAST THOU DONE_] My eye has been
continually upon you, though my judgments have not been poured out:
and because I was _silent_, thou didst suppose _I was such as_...
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THESE THINGS HAST THOU DONE, AND I KEPT SILENCE - Compare the notes at
Isaiah 18:4. The meaning is, that while they did these things - while
they committed these abominations - he did not interfere. H...
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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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I KEPT SILENCE. Thou thoughtest. Compare Ecclesiastes 8:11.Isaiah
3:11; Isaiah 26:10....
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In the preceding verses God has reproved the formalist: the man who
regarded the offering of sacrifice as the essence of religion. He now
turns to address the wicked man: the hypocrite, who repeated H...
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When thou didst these things, and I kept silence, refraining from
immediate condemnation of thy conduct by condign punishment, thou
didst mistake longsuffering for indifference, and think that I cared...
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I KEPT SILENCE— Or, as at Psalms 50:3. _I delayed,_ or _let thee
alone._ "I deferred to cut thee off, that thou mightest have time for
repentance. And this delay, this indulgence and patience of mine,...
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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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_THESE THINGS HAST THOU DONE, AND I KEPT SILENCE; THOU THOUGHTEST THAT
I WAS ALTOGETHER SUCH AN ONE AS THYSELF: BUT I WILL REPROVE THEE, AND
SET THEM IN ORDER BEFORE THINE EYES._
These things hast th...
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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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KEPT SILENCE] not in indifference, but in patience....
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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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אֵ֤לֶּה עָשִׂ֨יתָ ׀ וְֽ
הֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּי דִּמִּ֗יתָ הֱֽיֹות...
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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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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...
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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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These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest
that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove
thee, and (q) set [them] in order before thine eyes.
(q) I will...
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_Justice; works of piety, (Psalm iv. 6.) or victims vowed or
prescribed by the law; the same which are afterwards styled holocausts
(Calmet) by two different terms, hola and calil. (Haydock) --- The
l...
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This seems to be a solemn remonstrance and expostulation with the
unbelieving and hypocritical Jews, who rested in the means, and
totally overlooked and even despised the end: who, as our Lord told
th...
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_THE SILENCE OF GOD_
‘Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence.… These things
hast thou done, and I kept silence.’
Psalms 50:3; Psalms 50:21
These two sentences—occurring as they do in the sa...
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21_These things hast thou done _Hypocrites, until they feel the hand
of God against them, are ever ready to surrender themselves to a state
of security, and nothing is more difficult than to awaken th...
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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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THESE THINGS HAST THOU DONE,.... "These evil works", as the Targum;
which they had done over and over again without remorse, with the
greatest pleasure, and with promises of impunity to themselves. Th...
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These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest
that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove
thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
Ver. 21. _Thes...
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_These things hast thou done, and I kept silence_ I did not express my
displeasure against thee in such grievous judgments as thou didst
deserve. Or, _I was deaf:_ I conducted myself like one that did...
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These things hast thou done, and I kept silence, Cf Romans 2:21; THOU
THOUGHTEST THAT I WAS ALTOGETHER SUCH AN ONE AS THYSELF, conniving at
such wicked behavior, because He did not punish the wickedne...
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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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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...
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I KEPT SILENCE; I did not express my displeasure against thee in such
grievous judgments as thou didst deserve. Or, _I was deaf_; I carried
myself like one that did not hear thy sinful speeches, nor s...
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Psalms 50:21 done H6213 (H8804) silent H2790 (H8689) thought H1819
(H8765) altogether H1961 (H8800) rebuke...
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GOD SPEAKS TO THE ‘WICKED', THE MORE OVERT COVENANT BREAKERS, WHOM
HE SEES AS BLATANTLY HYPOCRITICAL, AND OUTLINES THE ACTIVITIES THAT
CUT THEM OFF FROM HIS MERCY. HE POINTS OUT THAT HE IS COMING IN O...
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Psalms 50:21
The disposition of many to misinterpret the moral government of God
arises from one remarkable characteristic of it, to which our
attention is drawn in this passage. Men misunderstand an...
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Psalms 50:21
Psalms 50:3
I. God's keeping silence. (1) His keeping silence means that He seems
to take no notice of the wickedness of men. He is "strong," and
therefore He can punish; "righteous," an...
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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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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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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...
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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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_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-...
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_These things hast thou done, and I kept silence._
THE SILENCE OF GOD
I. Divine silence maintained. He does indeed speak to you by the
eloquence of creation; by the kind lips of providence; by His ow...
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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 50:16 The WICKED here are members of the
covenant people who despise the privileges and responsibilities of the
covenant (vv. Psalms 50:16). T
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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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1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Peter 3:9; Amos 8:7; Ecclesiastes 12:14;...
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Kept silence — I did not express my displeasure against thee in such
judgments as thou didst deserve. Thoughtest — Thou didst misconstrue
my patience and long — suffering, as if it had proceeded from...