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Psalm 50:16 KJV
Psalms · chapter 50 · 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?Psalm 50:16 · King James Version
Psalm 50:16 in context
14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- statuteschôqan enactmentH2706 →
- covenantbᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- declareçâpharproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- takenâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
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God, by the psalmist, having instructed his people in the right way of worshipping him and keeping up their communion with him, here directs his speech to the wicked, to hypocrites, whether they were such as professed the Jewish or the Christian religion: hypocrisy is wickedness for which God will judge.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-23