Psalms 50:21
These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself. [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.
22Now consider this, ye who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
Cross References
Exodus 3:14And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And he said, Thus shall thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
Job 34:33Shall his recompense be as thou desire, that thou refuse it? For thou must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what thou know.
Psalms 50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, and thy burnt-offerings [being] continually before me.
Psalms 90:8Thou have set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms 109:1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise,
Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:17-23
The Character of the Wicked. 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,… Read the whole commentary →