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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 50

Introduction

1  The majesty of God in the church.
5  His order to gather his saints.
7  The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies,
14  but in sincerity of obedience.
Verse 1

The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
(Title
&) of Asaph. or, for Asaph.
73:1, 83:1; *titles; 1 Chronicles 15:17, 16:37, 25:2,6, 2 Chronicles 29:30
mighty
145:3-6, Genesis 17:1, Joshua 22:22, Nehemiah 9:6,32, Isaiah 9:6, Jeremiah 10:6, 32:18,19
even
1 Kings 18:21,36,37, Isaiah 37:20, 54:5
hath spoken
Isaiah 1:2, Amos 3:8
called
49:1,2, 113:3, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 25:32
Verse 2

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Out
68:24, Isaiah 12:6, 26:21, Hosea 5:15, Habakkuk 2:20, Hebrews 12:22-26
perfection
48:2, 87:2,3, 80:17, Song of Solomon 5:16, Zechariah 9:17
God
80:1, Deuteronomy 33:2, Habakkuk 3:3,4, Revelation 1:16, 21:23
Verse 3

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Our
48:14, 68:20, Revelation 22:20
keep
21, 83:1, Isaiah 42:13,14, 65:6,7
a fire
97:3, Exodus 19:18, Leviticus 10:2, Numbers 16:35, Deuteronomy 9:3, 1 Kings 19:11,12, Daniel 7:10, Nahum 1:5-7, Habakkuk 3:5, Malachi 3:2,3, 4:1, Matthew 3:12, 2 Thessalonians 1:8,9, Hebrews 2:3, Hebrews 10:28,29, 12:18-21,29
it shall
18:7-15, 97:4,5
Verse 4

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
call
6, Deuteronomy 4:36, 30:19, 31:28, 32:1, Isaiah 1:2, Micah 6:1,2
judge
96:13, 98:9, Isaiah 11:3,4, John 5:22,23
Verse 5

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Gather
Matthew 24:31, 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17, 2 Thessalonians 2:1
my saints
97:10, Deuteronomy 33:2,3, Proverbs 2:8, Isaiah 13:3, Zechariah 14:5, 1 Corinthians 6:2,3, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, Jude 1:14
made
Exodus 24:3-8, Matthew 26:28, Hebrews 9:10-23, 12:24, 13:20
Verse 6

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
heavens
97:6, Romans 2:5, Revelation 16:5-7, 19:2
God
75:7, Genesis 18:25, John 5:22,23, Romans 14:9-12, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Revelation 20:11,12
Selah
7:3-5, 9:16
Verse 7

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Hear
81:8, Isaiah 1:18, Jeremiah 2:4,5,9, Micah 6:1-8
O my
81:10-12, Exodus 19:5,6, Deuteronomy 26:17,18, 1 Samuel 12:22-25
testify
Deuteronomy 31:19-21, 2 Kings 17:13, Nehemiah 9:29,30, Malachi 3:5
I am
Exodus 20:2, 2 Chronicles 28:5, Ezekiel 20:5,7,19,20, Zechariah 13:9
Verse 8

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
40:6-8, 51:16, Isaiah 1:11-31, Jeremiah 7:21-23, Hosea 6:6, Hebrews 10:4-10
Verse 9

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
Isaiah 43:23,24, Micah 6:6-8, Acts 17:25, Hebrews 10:4-6
Verse 10

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
every
8:6-8, 104:24,25, Genesis 1:24,25, 2:19, 8:17, 9:2,3, 1 Chronicles 29:14-16, Job 40:15-24, Jeremiah 27:5,6, Daniel 2:38
cattle
104:14, Genesis 31:9, Jonah 4:11
Verse 11

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
know
104:12, 147:9, Genesis 1:20-22, Job 38:41, 39:13-18,26-30, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 10:29-31, Luke 12:24
wild
Isaiah 56:9, Ezekiel 14:15,16
mine
Heb. with me.
Verse 12

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
world
24:1,2, 115:15,16, Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 10:14, Job 41:11, 1 Corinthians 10:26-28
fulness
104:24, 145:15,16, Genesis 1:11,12,28-30, 8:17
Verse 14

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Offer
23, 69:30,31, 107:21,22, 147:1, Hosea 14:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 2:5,9
pay
56:12, 76:11, 116:12-14,17,18, Leviticus 27:2-34, Numbers 30:2-16, Deuteronomy 23:21, Ecclesiastes 5:4,5, Nahum 1:15
Verse 15

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
call
77:2, 91:15, 107:6-13,19,28, 2 Chronicles 33:12,13, Job 22:27, Zechariah 13:9, Luke 22:44, Acts 16:25, James 5:13
deliver
34:3,4, 66:13-20, Luke 17:15-18
glorify
23, 22:23, Matthew 5:16, John 15:8, 1 Peter 4:11,14
Verse 16

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
wicked
Isaiah 48:22, 55:6,7, Ezekiel 18:27
What
Proverbs 26:7, Isaiah 1:11-15, 48:1,2, 58:1-7, Jeremiah 7:4-7, Matthew 7:3-5,22,23, John 4:24, Acts 19:13-16, Romans 2:17-24, 1 Corinthians 9:27, 2 Peter 2:15
thou shouldest
25:14, 78:36-38, Ezekiel 20:37,38, Hebrews 8:9
Verse 17

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
hatest
Proverbs 1:7,28,29, 5:12,13, 8:36, 12:1, John 3:20, Romans 1:28, 2:21,23, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, 2 Timothy 4:3,4
castest
Nehemiah 9:26, Isaiah 5:23, Jeremiah 8:9, 18:12, 36:23-32
Verse 18

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
consentedst
Proverbs 1:10-19, Isaiah 5:23, Micah 7:3, Romans 1:32, Ephesians 5:11-13
hast been partaker
Heb. thy portion was.
Leviticus 20:10, Job 31:9-11, Proverbs 2:16-19, 7:19-23, Jeremiah 5:8,9, Hebrews 13:4
partaker
Matthew 23:30, 1 Timothy 5:22
Verse 19

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
givest
Heb. sendest.
52:3-4, Jeremiah 9:5
tongue
5:9, 10:7, 12:2,3, 36:3,4, 55:12,21, 64:3-5, Isaiah 59:3,4, Hosea 4:2, Romans 3:13,14, James 3:5-9, Revelation 21:8
Verse 20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
speakest
31:18, Matthew 5:11, Luke 22:65
slanderest
Leviticus 19:16, Proverbs 10:18, 1 Timothy 3:11, Titus 2:3, Revelation 12:10
thine own
Matthew 10:21
Verse 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.
I kept
3, 109:1-3, Ecclesiastes 8:11,12, Isaiah 26:10, 57:11, Romans 2:4,5, 2 Peter 3:9
thoughtest
73:11, 94:7-11, Numbers 23:19, Isaiah 40:15-18
that I was altogether such an one as thyself
Or, as Bishop Horsley renders, "that I AM [Eheyeh] is such an one as thyself."
Exodus 3:14
will
8, Proverbs 29:1, Revelation 3:19
set
90:8, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Amos 8:7, 1 Corinthians 4:5
Verse 22

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
consider
Deuteronomy 32:18, Ecclesiastes 7:14, Ezekiel 18:28, Haggai 1:5, Luke 15:17
forget
9:17, 10:4, Job 8:13, Isaiah 51:13, Jeremiah 2:32, Hosea 4:6
I tear
Hosea 5:14, 13:8, Revelation 6:16,17
none
7:2, 2 Samuel 22:42, Amos 2:14, Micah 5:8
Verse 23

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Whoso
14,15, 22:23, 27:6, 86:9,12, Romans 12:1, 15:6,9, Galatians 1:24, 1 Peter 2:9
to him
24:4,5, 25:14, 85:9, John 7:17, 8:31,32, Acts 10:2-4, 11:14, 13:26, Galatians 6:16
ordereth his conversation
Heb. disposeth his way.
Philippians 1:27, James 3:13, 1 Peter 1:15
salvation
91:16, Isaiah 12:2, 45:17, 49:6, 51:5,6, Luke 2:30

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