Psalms 50:6

The angels in heaven declare, “God is righteous, and he is the supreme judge.” (Think about that!)

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

In Context

5He says, “Summon those who faithfully worship me, those who made an agreement with me by offering sacrifices to me.”

7God says, “My people, listen! You Israeli people, listen, as I, your God, say what you have done that is wrong.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25It would certainly not be right for you to do such a thing, to kill righteous people along with wicked ones, and treat righteous people and wicked people the same way. You could not do that, because you, who are the judge of everyone on the earth, will certainly do what is right regarding the people of Sodom!” [RHQ]

Psalms 9:16Because of what you have done, people know that you decide matters fairly/justly, but you allow wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do. (Think about that!)

Psalms 89:5Yahweh, I desire that all those beings who are in [MTY] heaven will praise you for the wonderful things that you do, and that all your holy angels will sing about how you faithfully do what you promise.

Isaiah 33:22Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.

Romans 2:5But instead, by your stubbornly refusing to turn away from your sinful behavior [DOU], you are causing [MET] God to punish you even more severely. He will do that at the time when he shows that he is angry and judges people fairly.

2 Corinthians 5:10And we need to try hard to do that because each one of us believers must stand before Christ to be judged by him { when he will judge his people}. At that time he will reward each one of us according to what we have done while we lived in this world in these bodies. He will reward us according to whether we have done good things or whether we have done evil things.

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 →

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