Psalms 50:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. ”

Psalms 50:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother - To the general character of falsehood and slander there is now added the fact that they were guilty of this in the most aggravated manner conceivab...
Psalms 50:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou (p) sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. (p) He notes the cruelty of hypocrites who in their talk or judgment do not spare their own mother's sons...
Psalms 50:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 50:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thine own mother's son. Figure of speech Periphrasis , for emphasis.
Psalms 50:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Psalms 50:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother. "Sittest" implies deliberate purpose; taking thy seat hab...
Psalms 50:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 50:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sittest. — Rather, as in Psalms 10:8 ; Psalms 17:12 , lurkest. Slanderest. — Literally, givest a thrust ; but, from the parallelism, used of words that often hurt more than blows. Mot...
Psalms 50:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 50:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 50:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 50:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 50:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou sittest ,.... Either in the chair of Moses, or on the seat of judgment, in the great sanhedrim of the nation; or, as Aben Ezra paraphrases it, "in the seat of the scornful"; [and] speakest ag...
Psalms 50:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. Ver. 20. Thou sittest ] In the seat of the scornful, on the ale bench, &c. And speakest against thy...
Psalms 50:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 50:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Character of the Wicked. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that t...
Psalms 50:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou dost not only speak evil in a sudden passion, or upon some great provocation, but this is thy constant and deliberate practice and business, which thou dost pursue with great facility and compla...
Psalms 50:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 50:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 50:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 50:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 50:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 50:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 50:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 50:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 3:11 ; Leviticus 19:16 ; Luke 22:65 ; Matthew 10:21 ; Matthew 5:11 ; Proverbs 10:18 ; Psalms 31:18 ; Revelation 12:10 ; Titus 2:3

Psalms 50:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 50:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 50:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 50:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 50:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 50:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 50:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 50:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 50:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 50:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 50:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 50:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 50:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 50:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 50:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge