Psalms 50:20
Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
In Context
19A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn.
Cross References
Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake:
Luke 22:65And blaspheming in many other ways, they spoke against him.
Titus 2:3Old women, similarly, should be in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well,
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 →