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Psalms Chapter 50


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Mizmor of Asaph


Elohim's Ongoing Judgment
The setting of this Psalm is a courtroom with Elohim Himself the Judge, Yisrael the defendant, and heaven and earth the witnesses.
The Court in Session (50:1-6)
50:1 EL Elohim (אלהים), YEHOVAH (יהוה), speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
50:2  Out of Tzyon, the perfection of beauty, Elohim (אלהים) shines forth.
50:3  Eloheinu comes; He does not keep silence; before Him is a devouring fire, around Him a mighty tempest.
50:4  He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
50:5  "Gather to Me My chasidim, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice!"
50:6  The heavens declare His tzedakah, for Elohim (אלהים) himself is judge! Selah

The Sin of Ritualism (50:7-15)
50:7  "Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Yisrael, I will testify against you. Ani Elohim (אלהים),Eloheicha.  
50:8  Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your olot are continually before Me.
50:9  I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.
50:10  For every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
50:11  I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is Mine.
50:12  "If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are Mine.
50:13  Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
50:14  Offer to Elohim (אלהים) thanksgiving; and pay your vows l'Elyon (עליון):
50:15  and call upon Me in the Yom Tzarah (trouble); I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."

But to the Wicked... (50:16-21)
50:16  But to the wicked Elohim (אלהים) says: "What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant on your lips?
50:17  For you hate discipline, and you cast My words behind you.
50:18  If you see a thief, you are pleased with Him, and you keep company with adulterers.
50:19  "You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
50:20  You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
50:21  These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

Warning and Promise (50:22, 23)
50:22  "Mark this, then, you who forget Eloah (אלוהּ), lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
50:23  The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies Me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of Elohim (אלהים)!"

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