“ Thou givestb thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. ”
Thou givest thy mouth to evil - Margin, as in Hebrew, “thou sendest.” That is, they gave it up to evil; they employed it in evil: in falsehood, malice, deceit, slander, deception, detraction....
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...
evil. Hebrew. raa . App-44. frameth . weaveth.
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou givest thy mouth to evil - Hebrew, 'Thou sendest;' i:e., Thou givest loose rein to thy mouth in regard to evil.
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...
Givest. — Literally, lettest loose. Frameth. — Literally, weaves. So LXX. To weave snares is a common figure in all languages. Comp. “My brain, more busy than the labouring spider, Weaves...
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...
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...
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...
This seems to be a solemn remonstrance and expostulation with the unbelieving and hypocritical Jews, who rested in the means, and totally overlooked and even despised the end: who, as our Lord told t...
Thou givest thy mouth to evil ,.... To speak evil things against Christ, his doctrines, ordinances, ministers and people; and to deliver out evil doctrines, pernicious to the souls of men; and thy...
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Ver. 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil ] Heb. Thou sendest, the devil borroweth thy mouth, and thou lettest him have it. And thy...
When thou sawest a thief Instead of reproving him, and witnessing against him, as those should do that declare God's statutes, or that profess his religion; thou consentedst with him Didst approv...
The Character of the Wicked. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that t...
Thou givest, Heb. thou sendest forth , to wit, free; for the word is used of men's dismissing their wives or their servants, whom they left to their freedom. Thou hast an unbridled tongue, and cas...
God Speaks To The ‘Wicked', The More Overt Covenant Breakers, Whom He Sees As Blatantly Hypocritical, And Outlines The Activities That Cut Them Off From His Mercy. He Points Out That He Is Coming In...
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...
Psalms 50:1-4 . 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...
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...
Hosea 4:2 ; Isaiah 59:3 ; Isaiah 59:4 ; James 3:5-9 ; Jeremiah 9:5 ; Psalms 10:7 ; Psalms 12:2 ; Psalms 12:3 ; Psalms 36:3 ; Psalms 36:4 ; Psalms 5:9 ; Psalms 52:3-4 ; Psalms 55:12 ; Ps...