Psalms 50:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. ”

• Psalms 50:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And the heavens shall declare his righteousness - Shall make it known, or announce it. That is, the heavens - the heavenly inhabitants - will bear witness to the justness of the sentence, or will...

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• Psalms 50:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Selah. Connecting the "call" to "hear" what true worship is (verses: Psalms 50:7-15 ), and to "consider" what true service is (verses: Psalms 50:16-22 ) when these things come into judgment (...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness. The Jews were vain enough to imagine that their idle and fantastic service was the perfection of righteousness; but they are here warned b...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

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• Psalms 50:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  He shall call to the heavens— Mr. Mudge reads the 5th verse in a parenthesis, and renders the 4th verse thus; He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, in order for the trial of his peopl...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness. The vindication of "His righteousness" to His own glory is t...

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• Psalms 50:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The heavens. — Here is an exceedingly fine touch. In obedience to the Divine summons the heavens are heard acknowledging the right of God to arraign the nations before Him in virtue of His moral sw...

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• Psalms 50:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  In few words, but most striking terms, the vast difference is here pointed out between the righteous and the sinner. But observe how reference is made to the sacrifice. And what is this but Christ th...

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• Psalms 50:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the heavens shall declare his righteousness ,.... That is, either the heavens shall bear witness to his justice and equity in judging his people; or the angels, the ministers of the Gospel, shal...

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• Psalms 50:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah. Ver. 6. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness ] Those catholic preachers, whose voice goeth out aloud...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Gather my saints , &c. O ye angels, summon and fetch them to my tribunal. Which is poetically spoken, to continue the metaphor and representation of the judgment here mentioned. My saints The...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Majesty of Messiah. A psalm of Asaph.       1 The mighty God, even the L ORD , hath spoken, and called the earth fro...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The heavens shall declare his righteousness; which they were called to witness, Psalms 50:4 . So was the earth also. But here he mentions the heavens only, as I humbly conceive, because they wer...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  God Calls On The Whole Earth To Witness His Coming To Judge His People ( Psalms 50:1-6 ). This section can be divided up as follows: · Who it is Who is coming ( Psalms 50:1 ). · Where He is comi...

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• Psalms 50:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 5:10 ; Genesis 18:25 ; John 5:22 ; John 5:23 ; Psalms 7:3-5 ; Psalms 9:16 ; Psalms 75:7 ; Psalms 97:6 ; Revelation 16:5-7 ; Revelation 19:2 ; Revelation 20:11 ; Revelation 2...

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• Psalms 50:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Declare — God will convince the people of his righteousness, and of their own wickedness, by thunders and lightnings, and storms, or other dreadful signs wrought by him in the heavens. Himself — In...

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