God’s Word Translation
Psalms 50:7
7“Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God!
Psalms 50:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
- New International Version (NIV)“Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God!
Context of Psalms 50:7
5“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 “Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God! 8I am not criticizing you for your sacrifices or burnt offerings, which are always in front of me. 9⌞But⌟ I will not accept ⌞another⌟ young bull from your household or a single male goat from your pens.
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:7 word by word
שִׁמְעָ֤ה עַמִּ֨י׀ וַאֲדַבֵּ֗רָה יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהֶ֣יךָ אָנֹֽכִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 50:7
- Psalms 81:8Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!
- Isaiah 1:18“Come on now, let’s discuss this!” says the Lord. “Though your sins are bright red, they will become as white as snow. Though they are dark red, they will become as white as wool.
- Jeremiah 2:4Listen to the Lord’s word, descendants of Jacob, all the families in the nation of Israel.
- Micah 6:1Now listen to what the Lord is saying, “Stand up! Plead your case in front of the mountains, and let the hills listen to your request.
- Psalms 81:10I am the Lord your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
- Exodus 19:5If you carefully obey me and are faithful to the terms of my promise, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, even though the whole world is mine.
- Deuteronomy 26:17Today you have declared that the Lord is your God and that you will follow his directions, obey his laws, commands, and rules, and listen to him.
- 1 Samuel 12:22For the sake of his great name, the Lord will not abandon his people, because the Lord wants to make you his people.
- Deuteronomy 31:19“Write down this song, teach it to the Israelites, and have them sing it. This song will be a witness for me against the Israelites.
- 2 Kings 17:13The Lord had warned Israel and Judah through every kind of prophet and seer, “Turn from your evil ways, and obey my commands and decrees as I commanded your ancestors in all my teachings, the commands I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”
- Nehemiah 9:29You warned them in order to bring them back to your teachings, but they became arrogant and would not obey your commandments. They sinned by not following your regulations. If anyone follows them, he will find life in them. But they gave you the cold shoulder, became impossible to deal with, and wouldn’t listen.
- Malachi 3:5“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.
- Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5So the Lord his God handed him over to the king of Aram, who defeated him, captured many prisoners, and brought them to Damascus. He also handed him over to the king of Israel, who decisively defeated him.
- Ezekiel 20:5Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: When I chose Israel, I raised my hand and swore an oath to the descendants of Jacob’s family. I made myself known to them in Egypt. I made a promise to them and said, “I am the Lord your God.”
- Zechariah 13:9I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
Commentaries on Psalms 50:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Hear, O my people - As they were now amply informed concerning the nature and certainty of the general judgment, and were still in a state of probation, Asaph proceeds to show them the danger to which they were exposed, and the necessity of repentance and amendment, that when that great day should arrive, they might be found among those who had made a covenant with God by sacrifice. And he shows them that the sacrifice with which God would be well pleased…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Hear, O my people, and I will speak - God himself is now introduced as speaking, and as stating the principles on which the judgment will proceed. The previous verses are introductory, or are designed to bring the scene of the judgment before the mind. The solemn scene now opens, and God himself speaks, especially as rebuking the disposition to rely on the mere forms of religion, while its spirituality and its power are denied. The purpose of the whole…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any form. God demands the heart, and how can human inventions please him, when repentance, faith, and holiness are neglected? In the day of distress we must apply to the Lord by fervent prayer. Our troubles, though we see them coming from God's hand, must…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-13The psalmist warns against valuing sacrificial rituals more than having the right attitude in your heart.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. I will testify--that is, for failure to worship aught. thy God--and so, by covenant as well as creation, entitled to a pure worship.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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