Psalms 50:5
He says, “Summon those who faithfully worship me, those who made an agreement with me by offering sacrifices to me.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
In Context
4He comes to judge his people. He shouts to the angels in heaven and to the people on the earth.
6The angels in heaven declare, “God is righteous, and he is the supreme judge.” (Think about that!)
Cross References
Exodus 24:3Moses/I went and told the people everything that Yahweh had said and all that he had commanded. The people all replied together, saying, “We will do everything that Yahweh has told us to do.”
Deuteronomy 33:2This is what he said: “Yahweh came and spoke to us at Sinai Mountain; he came like [MET] the sun rises in the Edom region and like his light shone on us when we were in the desert near Paran Mountain after we left Sinai Mountain. He came with 10,000 angels, and there was a flaming fire at his right side.
Psalms 97:10Yahweh loves those who hate what people do that is evil; he protects the lives of his people, and he rescues them when the wicked people try to harm them.
Isaiah 13:3Yahweh says, “I have commanded those soldiers to do that; I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish the people of Babylon because of my being very angry with them, and those soldiers will be very proud when they do that.”
Matthew 24:31I will send my angels to the earth from everywhere in the heavens. They will be blowing trumpets loudly. Then from throughout the whole earth [DOU] they will gather the people whom I have chosen.”
1 Corinthians 6:2I want you to know that we who are God’s people will some day judge those who are unbelievers. [RHQ] So, since you will be judging unbelievers, you certainly are capable of judging between believers who disagree on small matters! [RHQ]
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:2-7
The Majesty of Messiah. 1 The mighty God, even the Lord , hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.… Read the whole commentary →