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WILL I EAT THE FLESH OF BULLS, OR DRINK THE BLOOD OF GOATS? - This is
said to show still further the absurdity of the views which seem to
have prevailed among those who offered sacrifices. They offere...
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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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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 Le...
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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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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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_WILL I EAT THE FLESH OF BULLS, OR DRINK THE BLOOD OF GOATS?_
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? The answer
is in John 4:24; and yet the Godhead made itself for a time subjec...
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50:13 bulls, (f-7) Strictly 'the strong ones,' as Psalms 22:12 ;
Psalms 68:30 ....
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EAT.. DRINK] The primitive idea of sacrifice was that the god partook
of the offerings in a physical sense. This view is rejected here....
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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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הַֽ֭ אֹוכַל בְּשַׂ֣ר אַבִּירִ֑ים וְ
דַ֖ם עַתּ
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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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(k) Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
(k) Though man's life for the infirmity of it has need of food, yet
God whose life quickens all the world, has no need of such means....
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_Spirit of prophecy, which is not withdrawn, except for some crime.
(Origen) (Huet. p. 35.) --- David had been without this privilege,
till his repentance. (St. Athanasius) --- Yet St. Chrysostom and...
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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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WILL I EAT THE FLESH OF BULLS, OR DRINK THE BLOOD OF GOATS?] That is,
express a pleasure, take delight and satisfaction, in such kind of
sacrifices, which can never take away sin: no, I will not; wher...
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Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Ver. 13. _Will I eat the flesh of bulls, &c.?_] _q.d._ Are you so
thick brained as to think so?
_ Vervecum in patria, crassoque sub aere n...
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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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Will I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? Any
believer bringing his offering should not do so under the delusion
that he was doing something good to God personally, that he was
obliga...
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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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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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If I did want anything, hast thou such carnal and gross conceptions of
me, that I need or delight in the blood of brute creature....
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Psalms 50:13 eat H398 (H8799) flesh H1320 bulls H47 drink H8354
(H8799) blood H1818 goats H6260...
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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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Psalms 16:4; Psalms 16:9; Psalms 22:12; Psalms 26:9; Psalms 27:2;...