New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 50:7
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 My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” 6And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah “Hear, My people, and I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God. 8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me. 9I will not take a bull from your house, Nor male goats from your folds.
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שִׁמְעָ֤ה עַמִּ֨י׀ וַאֲדַבֵּ֗רָה יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהֶ֣יךָ אָנֹֽכִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 50:7
- Psalms 81:8Hear, My people, and I will admonish you; Israel, if you would listen to Me!
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, and let us debate your case,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They shall become as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool.
- Jeremiah 2:4Hear the word of the Lord, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
- Micah 6:1Hear now what the Lord is saying, “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice.
- Psalms 81:10I, the Lord, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
- Exodus 19:5Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
- Deuteronomy 26:17Today you have declared the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.
- 1 Samuel 12:22For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
- Deuteronomy 31:19“Now then, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.
- 2 Kings 17:13Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.”
- Nehemiah 9:29And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your Law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances, Which, if a person follows them, then he will live by them. And they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, those who oppress the wage earner in his wages or the widow or the orphan, and those who turn away the stranger from justice and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of armies.
- Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5Therefore the Lord his God handed him over to the king of Aram; and they defeated him and carried from him a great number of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck him with heavy casualties.
- Ezekiel 20:5and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “On the day when I chose Israel and swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God,
- Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my 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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