Psalms 50:21

I kept silence. Thou thoughtest. Compare Ecclesiastes 8:11-13.Isaiah 3:11; Isaiah 26:10.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence - Compare the notes at Isaiah 18:4 . The meaning is, that while they did these things - while th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and (q)...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21 These things hast thou done Hypocrites, until they feel the hand of God against them, are ever ready to surrender themselves to a state o...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I kept silence— Or, as at Psalms 50:3 . I delayed, or let thee alone. "I deferred to cut thee off, that thou mightest have time for repentance...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Kept silence ] not in indifference, but in patience.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The forbearance of God (intended to give room for repentance, Romans 2:4 ) is misconstrued. Men come to think the Divine Being as indifferent to evi...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 ver...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

These things hast thou done ,.... "These evil works", as the Targum; which they had done over and over again without remorse, with the greatest plea...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence I did not express my displeasure against thee in such grievous judgments as thou didst deserve. Or,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Character of the Wicked. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What h...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I kept silence; I did not express my displeasure against thee in such grievous judgments as thou didst deserve. Or, I was deaf ; I carried myself...
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...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 50:21 Psalms 50:3 I. God's keeping silence. (1) His keeping silence means that He seems to take no notice of the wickedness of men. He i...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 50:21-22 The disposition of many to misinterpret the moral government of God arises from one remarkable characteristic of it, to which our...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare My statutes? The mere formalist and the spiritualist in religion I. The mere for...
The Biblical Illustrator

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence. The silence of God I. Divine silence maintained. He does indeed speak to you by the eloquence...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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 poetic...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:5 ; 2 Peter 3:9 ; Amos 8:7 ; Ecclesiastes 12:14 ; Ecclesiastes 8:11 ; Ecclesiastes 8:12 ; Exodus 3:14 ; Isaiah 26:10 ; Isaia...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Kept silence — I did not express my displeasure against thee in such judgments as thou didst deserve. Thoughtest — Thou didst misconstrue my patien...

²¹ These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 50:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 50:21