Psalms 50
DOYLYVer. 1. The mighty God, &c.] That is, The decree is gone out from God the Father, touching the calling of all nations by God the Son.
- Out of Zion. As God in a special manner was present here in his tabernacle, so shall the Son of God, in fulness of time, be visibly present in that place, and
Psalms 50:4
- He shall call to the heavens &c.] The heavens and the earth are invoked as witnesses, which is a pompous form of expression common with the Hebrew writers: “He shall call the heavens from on high: and the earth to the judgment of his people.” Bp. Lowth.
Psalms 50:5
- Gather my saints &c.] He shall say, Bring those men before me, whom I have separated to myself to be a holy nation, and who have made a solemn agreement with me, confirmed by the blood of sacrifices. Bp. Patrick, Travell.
Psalms 50:8
- I will not reprove thee &c.] It is not for any defect in thy external and ceremonial service of sacrifices and other appointed offerings that I complain of thee: these have been performed with scrupulous exactness. Travell.
9—12. I will take no bullock. The Jewish folly of doating on the legal offerings, as things in themselves acceptable to God, and conferring justification on man, is reproved in these verses, from the consideration, that the various animals slain in sacrifice were long before, even from the creation of the world, the sole right and property of Jehovah; which, therefore, He needed not to have required at the hands of his people; nor would He have done so, but for some further end and intent signified and represented by such oblations. What that end and intent was, Christians know; and Jews formerly did know. Learn we hence, not to dream of any merit in our works and services; since God has a double claim, founded on creation and redemption, to all we have, and all we are. Bp. Horne.
Psalms 50:14
- Offer unto God thanksgiving; &c.] God here declares, that the sacrifice which is truly acceptable to Him is a heart thankful for all the blessings He has
a Exod. 19. 5. Deut. 10. 14. Ps. 24. 1. Job. 41. 11.