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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 50
Asaph speaks of the Second Coming—The Lord accepts the sacrifices of
the righteous and will deliver them—Those whose conduct is right shall
see the salvation of God.
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| A Psalm of Asaph. |
1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the aperfection of
bbeauty, God hath cshined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a
afire shall devour before him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the aheavens from
above, and to the earth, that he may bjudge his people.
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5 Gather my asaints together unto
me; those that have made a bcovenant with me by
csacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall adeclare his
brighteousness: for God is cjudge
himself. Selah.
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7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I
will testify against thee: I am aGod, even
thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
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10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the
aworld is mine, and the fulness thereof.
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13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God athanksgiving;
and pay thy bvows unto the most High:
15 And acall upon me in the day of
btrouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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16 But unto the wicked God saith,
aWhat hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or
that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
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19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue
frameth adeceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy
brother; thou aslanderest thine own mother's son.
21 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, aand set them in
order before thine eyes.
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22 Now consider this, ye that
aforget Goda, lest I
tear you in pieces, and there
be none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth
apraisea
glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright
will I shew the salvation of God.
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22a ye that forget God When
one forgets God they are not remembering him. If one has not God in his
heart, mind and soul then one is in the process of turning threrefrom which
is that which 'rebellion' against God is made of. The difference between
always remembering God and forgetting God is the difference between salvation
and exaltation, and that of damnation and outer darkness.
23a Whoso offereth praise When
one is praising God they are 'remembering him'. A central part of our covenant
with God is that we will always remember him and that we will take him name
upon us. In so remembering him we do honor him and in so honoring him we do
but praise he who is our God.
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