📖 Psalms — Chapter 50 (KJV)
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Psalms 50:1 The Rmighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising Tof the sun unto the going down thereof.
Psalms 50:2 ROut of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Psalms 50:3 ROur God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms 50:4 He shall Rcall to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Psalms 50:5 RGather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Psalms 50:6 And the Rheavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Psalms 50:7 RHear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Psalms 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Psalms 50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
Psalms 50:10 For Revery beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Psalms 50:11 I Rknow all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are Tmine.
Psalms 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the Rworld is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms 50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Psalms 50:14 ROffer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Psalms 50:15 And Rcall upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psalms 50:16 But unto the Rwicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Psalms 50:17 Seeing thou Rhatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
Psalms 50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou Rconsentedst with him, and Thast been partaker with adulterers.
Psalms 50:19 Thou RTgivest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalms 50:20 Thou sittest and Rspeakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
Psalms 50:21 These things hast thou done, and RI 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.
Psalms 50:22 Now Rconsider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Psalms 50:23 RWhoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him Tthat ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 50:1–6 — God summons his covenant people
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The mighty God calls the earth and comes as Judge, summoning those joined to him by covenant. Fire and storm imagery express the seriousness of his presence. Worshipers are accountable to the God they honor; belonging to the covenant does not remove the need to hear his judgment.
Key Truth: Covenant worship includes accountability to God.
Check What You Remember
1. From where does God shine? (Psalms 50:2)
Find it in Psalms 50:2 (KJV).
2. Whom does God come to judge? (Psalms 50:4)
Find it in Psalms 50:4 (KJV).
3. Who is judge himself? (Psalms 50:6)
Find it in Psalms 50:6 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 50:7–15 — Thanksgiving rather than supplying God's need
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
God explains that he does not depend on offered animals for food because every creature and the whole world belong to him. He calls for thanksgiving, fulfilled vows, and prayer in trouble. Worship is a grateful response to God, not a way to meet a divine shortage or place him in our debt.
Key Truth: Offer gratitude and dependence to the God who owns all things.
Check What You Remember
1. Upon how many hills are the cattle said to belong to God? (Psalms 50:10)
Find it in Psalms 50:10 (KJV).
2. What should be offered to God? (Psalms 50:14)
Find it in Psalms 50:14 (KJV).
3. When should people call upon him? (Psalms 50:15)
Find it in Psalms 50:15 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 50:16–23 — Religious words without obedient living
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
God confronts people who recite his covenant while rejecting instruction, cooperating with wrongdoing, and using deceitful speech. His silence has been mistaken for approval. The final call joins praise with rightly ordered conduct, exposing the inconsistency of religious language that excuses harmful living.
Key Truth: Praise must be joined with a teachable and faithful life.
Check What You Remember
1. What do the wicked hate? (Psalms 50:17)
Find it in Psalms 50:17 (KJV).
2. What does their tongue frame? (Psalms 50:19)
Find it in Psalms 50:19 (KJV).
3. What offering glorifies God? (Psalms 50:23)
Find it in Psalms 50:23 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Hebrews 13:15 — Believers are called to offer a sacrifice of praise to God.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
Where can you join thanksgiving with a concrete change in conduct rather than relying on religious words alone?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How does the gathering connect covenant and accountability?
2. Why are sacrifices not supplies for a needy God?
3. How do thanksgiving and calling in trouble define dependence?
4. What inconsistency is exposed in covenant recitation?
5. How does God answer the misuse of his silence?
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