“ For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. ”
For every beast of the forest is mine - All the beasts that roam at large in the wilderness; all that are untamed and unclaimed by man. The idea is, that even if God “needed” such offerings, he w...
(i) For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills. (i) Though he delighted in sacrifice, yet he had no need for man's help in it.
L. God Looks to Conduct rather than to Sacrifice. For the attitude to sacrifice, cf. Psalms 40*. Psalms 50:1-6 . The expected Theophany. Psalms 50:1 . Read mg. with LXX. called the e...
DISCOURSE: 584 SPIRITUAL OBEDIENCE PREFERRED BEFORE SACRIFICE Psalms 50:7-15 . 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...
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. Every beast of the forest is mine - Can ye suppose that ye are laying me under obligation to you, when ye present me w...
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. For every beast of the forest is mine - ( Genesis 1:24 .) And the cattle upon a thousand hills. Hengstenberg t...
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 sacrific...
(9-18) Notice the fine tone of irony that pervades this rebuke, the best weapon against ritualistic errors.
Psalms 50:1-23 This is the first of the Asaph psalms, and is separated from the other eleven ( Psalms 73:1-28 ; Psalms 74:1-23 ; Psalms 75:1-10 ; Psalms 76:1-12 ; Psalms 77:1-20 ; Psalms 78:1...
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...
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 50:22-23...
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 wh...
For every beast of the forest [is] mine ,.... By creation and preservation; and therefore he stood in no need of their bullocks and he goats; [and the cattle upon a thousand hills ; meaning all th...
For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills. Ver. 10. For every beast of the forest is mine ] God is the great proprietary; and all is his by primitive right. I...
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...
The Inefficacy of Legal Sacrifices. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I...
I would command or dispose them at my pleasure, without thy leave or assistance, even the cattle which feed upon innumerable hills, or in valleys and fields.
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 Inadequ...
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 pro...
A Psalm of Asaph. Whether this means that Asaph wrote it, or that it was committed to him to sing, we do not know. Certainly Asaph did write some Psalms. There are twelve ascribed to him in the book...
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...
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...
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 ca...
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 th...
1 Chronicles 29:14-16 ; Daniel 2:38 ; Genesis 1:24 ; Genesis 1:25 ; Genesis 2:19 ; Genesis 31:9 ; Genesis 8:17 ; Genesis 9:2 ; Genesis 9:3 ; Jeremiah 27:5 ; Jeremiah 27:6 ; Job 40:15-24 ;...