Psalms 50:21

these things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

These 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.

In Context

20Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:

22Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:14God said to Moses: I AM WHO AM. He said: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: HE WHO IS, hath sent me to you.

Job 34:33Doth God require it of thee, because it hath displeased thee? for thou begannest to speak, and not I. : but if thou know any thing better, speak.

Psalms 50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.

Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.

Psalms 109:1Unto the end, a psalm for David.

Ecclesiastes 8:11For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.

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 →

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