Psalms 50
FBMeyerPsalms 50:1-15
Sacrifices Which God Desires Psalms 50:1-15 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 to west. His presence is compared to the dawn and to a tropical storm. When He is seated on His throne, the heavens and the earth bear witness while He judges His people. Then up the crowded aisles His saints advance and stand before Him. There is no need to enlarge upon the spiritual insight of the psalmist, who realizes that God cannot be enriched by anything that we can bring; but insists on the sacrifice of thanksgiving, vows of consecration, and the loud call for help in the day of trouble. These are characteristic of those whose God is the Lord, and of the people whom He has taken for His own inheritance. Let us specially ponder these three conditions of the happy life, Psalms 50:14-15. What comfort is contained in the blessed promise of Psa 50:15! It is so absolute in its certainty and assurance. God has here bound Himself to deliver the soul that calls on Him in its trouble and give it reason to glorify Him.
I am God, thy GodAsaph is named as the author of this Psalm. Perhaps he who is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15:17-19, and in 2 Chronicles 29:30. The Psalm contains a severe rebuke of the hypocrite who contents himself with giving a mere outward obedience to the ritual of God’s house, but withholds the love and homage of his heart.
In the earlier part God is represented as coming again, as once at Sinai, to vindicate and explain the spiritual requirements of his holy law (Psalms 50:1-6). Then the errors in observing the first table are discovered (Psalms 50:8-15), after which the Psalmist indicates the violations of the second table (Psalms 50:16-21). Finally there is an impressive conclusion (Psalms 50:22-23). The Psalm is interesting, because it shows how the devout Israelites viewed the Levitical ritual as being only the vehicle and expression of the yearnings and worship of the spiritual life, but not of any value apart from a recognition of God’s claims on the devotion of his people.
Psalms 50:1. Elohim Jehovah called the earth God still calls the earth through the Gospel of Jesus.
Psalms 50:5. Gather my saints together! There are times when the saints have to stand before God and receive into the depths of their heart his searching scrutiny (Malachi 3:1-3).
Psalms 50:9-13. Every beast of the forest is Mine! God holds the keys to the commissariat of the universe. Dost thou doubt that He can supply thy table?
Psalms 50:15. Call upon Me! I will deliver There is no uncertainty here. God knows our troubles, but He demands that we should call. Days of trouble are often sent to make us call. Psalms 50:21. I kept silence The silence of God in sight of the evil around is due to His longsuffering. It will not continue forever (Psalms 50:3).
Psalms 50:23. I will show the salvation of God What a spectacle for the holy soul! Our way may seem dark, but if we dare go on doing right, we shall certainly experience the Divine deliverance. Stand still and see the salvation of God.
Psalms 50:16-23
God’ s Warning to the Wicked Psalms 50:16-23 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 ill-gotten money. Impurity, deceit, slander must be far from us, if we would have fellowship with God in prayer or service. God’ s silence must not be taken as indifference, for He is carefully watching each word and act; and if we persist, He will arise and set out all these unforgiven sins in order before the quickened vision of the soul. Notice the two final conditions of a blessed life, Psalms 50:23. First, we must offer the sacrifice of praise, for we are priests and must not be slack in presenting the fruit of our lips. See Hebrews 13:15. But in addition we must order our behavior, or way, aright. It is a solemn thing to be entrusted with the great opportunity of living. Every passing moment should have something committed to it to keep in store. We dare not live by haphazard or chance. We must order our ways with prayerful deliberation.
I am God, thy GodAsaph is named as the author of this Psalm. Perhaps he who is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15:17-19, and in 2 Chronicles 29:30. The Psalm contains a severe rebuke of the hypocrite who contents himself with giving a mere outward obedience to the ritual of God’s house, but withholds the love and homage of his heart.
In the earlier part God is represented as coming again, as once at Sinai, to vindicate and explain the spiritual requirements of his holy law (Psalms 50:1-6). Then the errors in observing the first table are discovered (Psalms 50:8-15), after which the Psalmist indicates the violations of the second table (Psalms 50:16-21). Finally there is an impressive conclusion (Psalms 50:22-23). The Psalm is interesting, because it shows how the devout Israelites viewed the Levitical ritual as being only the vehicle and expression of the yearnings and worship of the spiritual life, but not of any value apart from a recognition of God’s claims on the devotion of his people.
Psalms 50:1. Elohim Jehovah called the earth God still calls the earth through the Gospel of Jesus.
Psalms 50:5. Gather my saints together! There are times when the saints have to stand before God and receive into the depths of their heart his searching scrutiny (Malachi 3:1-3).
Psalms 50:9-13. Every beast of the forest is Mine! God holds the keys to the commissariat of the universe. Dost thou doubt that He can supply thy table?
Psalms 50:15. Call upon Me! I will deliver There is no uncertainty here. God knows our troubles, but He demands that we should call. Days of trouble are often sent to make us call. Psalms 50:21. I kept silence The silence of God in sight of the evil around is due to His longsuffering. It will not continue forever (Psalms 50:3).
Psalms 50:23. I will show the salvation of God What a spectacle for the holy soul! Our way may seem dark, but if we dare go on doing right, we shall certainly experience the Divine deliverance. Stand still and see the salvation of God.