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Psalms 50:16-21

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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? 17. Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18. When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20. Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son. 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.

Psalms 50:16-21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 50:16

Theological / Devotional

Unto the wicked. God continues to speak, now turning His attention to the wicked. Verses 16–21 deal chiefly with man’s duty to his fellow men.

Whereas vs. 7–15 deal with mere formalists in matters of religion, vs. 16–21 deal with hypocrites, those who teach the law to others and actually violate it in their own lives.

What hast thou to do? Compare Rom. 2:17–24.

Take my covenant. Their disobedience made them unfit even to frame the words of the covenant upon their lips (see on v. 5).

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