Psalms 50:16
But unto the wicked God saith: 'What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, and that thou hast taken My covenant in thy mouth?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
15And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'
17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
Cross References
Psalms 78:36But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue.
Isaiah 1:11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith the LORD; I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Isaiah 48:1Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the fountain of Judah; who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near;
Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in lying words, saying: 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, are these.'
Ezekiel 20:37And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond 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 →