Psalms 50:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. ”

Psalms 50:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt-offerings - On the words “sacrifices” and “burnt-offerings” here used, see the notes at Isaiah 1:11 . The meaning is, “I do not reprove or...
Psalms 50:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I will not (h) reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me. (h) For I pass not for sacrifices unless the true use is there, which is to confirm your...
Psalms 50:8 - 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 50:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, etc. God now proceeds to state the charge which he adduced against them. He declares, that he attached no value whatsoever to sacrifices in them...
Psalms 50:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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...
Psalms 50:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. I will not reprove thee - I do not mean to find fault with you for not offering sacrifices; yo...
Psalms 50:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hear, O my people— The prophet here, as in Psalms 50:5 introduces God the Father, speaking to the church. I will testify against thee, is rendered by Castalio, while I give thee this notice;...
Psalms 50:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices. Here God implies that Israel brought the sac...
Psalms 50:8 - 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 50:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will not... — Better, Not on account of thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, nor thy burnt offerings, which are always before me. This part of the nation is judged not for neglect of ritual, but f...
Psalms 50:8 - 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 50:8 - 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...
Psalms 50:8 - 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 50:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 50:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices ,.... For the neglect of them; this they were not chargeable with; and had they omitted them, a charge would not have been brought against them on that acc...
Psalms 50:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me. Ver. 8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices ] i.e. For thy neglect of them, but fo...
Psalms 50:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 50:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Inefficacy of Legal Sacrifices. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I...
Psalms 50:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I do not charge thee, or at least this is not the principal matter of my charge, that thou hast neglected sacrifices which thou shouldst have offered; for although thou hast many times omitted thy du...
Psalms 50:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 50:8 - 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 50:8 - 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...
Psalms 50:8 - 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 50:8 - 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 50:8 - 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 50:8 - 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 50:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 10:4-10 ; Hosea 6:6 ; Isaiah 1:11-31 ; Jeremiah 7:21-23 ; Psalms 40:6-8 ; Psalms 51:16
Psalms 50:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I will not — This is not the principal matter of my charge, that thou hast neglected sacrifices which thou shouldst have offered.

Psalms 50:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 50:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 50:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 50:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 50:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 50:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 50:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 50:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 50:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 50:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 50:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 50:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 50:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 50:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 50:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 50:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes