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Psalm 50:16-20 KJV
Psalms · chapter 50 · verses 16–20
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. 19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.Psalm 50:16-20 · King James Version
Psalm 50:16-20 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.
19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
21These 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.
22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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Key words (Strong's)
- instructionmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- consentedstrâtsâhto be pleased withH7521 →
- slanderestdophîya stumbling-blockH1848 →
- statuteschôqan enactmentH2706 →
- covenantbᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- partakerchêleqproperly, smoothnessH2506 →
- speakestdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
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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