God’s Word Translation
Psalms 50:5
5“Gather around me, my godly people who have made a pledge to me through sacrifices.”
Psalms 50:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
- New International Version (NIV)“Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
Context of Psalms 50:5
3Our God will come and will not remain silent. A devouring fire is in front of him and a raging storm around him. 4He summons heaven and earth to judge his people: “Gather around me, my godly people who have made a pledge to me through sacrifices.” 6The heavens announce his righteousness because God is the judge. Selah 7“Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God!
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:5 word by word
אִסְפוּ־לִ֥י חֲסִידָ֑י כֹּרְתֵ֖י בְרִיתִ֣י עֲלֵי־זָֽבַח׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 50:5
- Matthew 24:31He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and from every direction under the sky, they will gather those whom God has chosen.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16The Lord will come from heaven with a command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet ⌞call⌟ of God. First, the dead who believed in Christ will come back to life.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:1Brothers and sisters, we have this request to make of you about our Lord Jesus Christ’s coming and our gathering to meet him.
- Psalms 97:10Let those who love the Lord hate evil. The one who guards the lives of his godly ones will rescue them from the power of wicked people.
- Deuteronomy 33:2He said, “The Lord came from Sinai. For his people he rose from Seir ⌞like the sun⌟. He appeared like sunshine from Mount Paran. He came with tens of thousands of holy ones. On his right was a raging fire for them.
- Proverbs 2:8in order to guard those on paths of justice and to watch over the way of his godly ones.
- Isaiah 13:3I’ve commanded my holy ones. I’ve called my mighty men to carry out my anger. They find joy in my triumphs.
- Zechariah 14:5Then you will flee to the valley of my mountains, because this valley between the mountains will go as far as Azel. You will flee as you did from the earthquake at the time of King Uzziah of Judah. The Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones will be with him.
- 1 Corinthians 6:2Don’t you know that God’s people will judge the world? So if you’re going to judge the world, aren’t you capable of judging insignificant cases?
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13Then he will strengthen you to be holy. Then you will be blameless in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all God’s holy people.
- Jude 1:14Furthermore, Enoch, from the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about them. He said, “The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy angels.
- Exodus 24:3Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and legal decisions. Then all the people answered with one voice, “We will do everything the Lord has told us to do.”
- Matthew 26:28This is my blood, the blood of the promise. It is poured out for many people so that sins are forgiven.
- Hebrews 9:10These gifts and sacrifices were meant to be food, drink, and items used in various purification ceremonies. These ceremonies were required for the body until God would establish a new way of doing things.
- Hebrews 12:24You have come to Jesus, who brings the new promise from God, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better message than Abel’s.
- Hebrews 13:20The God of peace brought the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, back to life through the blood of an eternal promise.
Commentaries on Psalms 50:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Gather my saints together unto me - This is an address to the messengers employed for assembling those who are to be judged. Similar language is used by the Saviour Matthew 24:31: “And he (the Son of Man) shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” The idea is, that God will bring them, or assemble them together. All this is language derived…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The Lord is coming to bring justice. This hope encourages his faithful people. However, those who have been unfaithful will not receive blessings when the heavens and earth testify against them (see Deuteronomy 30:19; 31:28; 32:1; Isaiah 1:2). The Lord comes to restore order to the world (see Psalms 5:8; 22:31; 33:5; 40:9; 50:6; 71:16; 97:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. my saints--(Psa 4:3). made--literally, "cut" a covenant, &c.--alluding to the dividing of a victim of sacrifice, by which covenants were ratified, the parties passing between the divided portions (compare Ge 15:10, 18).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 50
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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