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Scott's Reference Library
Psalm 50:1 through Psalm 50:6 (NIV)
1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty,
God shines forth.
3 Our God comes and will not be silent;
a fire devours before him,
and around him a tempest rages.
4 He summons the heavens above,
and the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 “Gather to me my consecrated ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,
for God himself is judge.
Selah
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 1-6
This psalm is a psalm of instruction. It tells of the coming of Christ and the
day of judgment, in which God will call men to account; and the Holy Ghost is
the Spirit of judgement. All the children of men are concerned to know the right
way of worshipping the Lord, in spirit and in truth. In the great day, our God
shall come, and make those hear his judgement who would not hearken to his law.
Happy are those who come into the covenant of grace, by faith in the Redeemer’s
atoning sacrifice, and show the sincerity of their love by fruits of
righteousness. When God rejects the services of those who rest in outside
performances, he will graciously accept those who seek him aright. It is only by
sacrifice, by Christ, the great Sacrifice, from whom the sacrifices of the law
derived what value they had, that we can be accepted of God. True and righteous
are his judgments; even sinners’ own consciences will be forced to acknowledge
the righteousness of God.