Psalms 50:16
But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth ?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
17Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
Cross References
Psalms 78:36And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:
Isaiah 1:11To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
Isaiah 48:1Hear ye these things, O house of Jacob, you that are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Juda, you who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in justice.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
Jeremiah 7:4Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.
Ezekiel 20:37And I will make you subject to my sceptre, and will bring you into the bands of the covenant.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:8-16
The Inefficacy of Legal Sacrifices. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not… Read the whole commentary →