Psalms 50:20
Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
In Context
19Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.
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 →