Psalms 50:16
But, to the lawless one, God saith, What hast, thou, to do, to recount my statutes? Or that thou hast taken up my covenant upon thy mouth?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.
17Seeing that, thou, hast hated correction, And hast cast my words behind thee;
Cross References
Psalms 78:36So they spake him fair with their mouth, And, with their tongue, did promise him falsely;
Isaiah 1:11Of what use to me, is your multitude of sacrifices: Saith Yahweh: I am sated with ascending-offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts,—In the blood of bulls and young rams and he-goats, have I no pleasure.
Isaiah 48:1Hear ye this—O house of Jacob, Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel, Yea from the waters of Judah, came they forth,—Who swear by the name of Yahweh, And, by the God of Israel, call to remembrance—Not in truth, nor in righteousness;
Isaiah 55:6Seek Yahweh while he may be found,—Call ye upon him while he is near:
Jeremiah 7:4Do not, on your part trust in false words, saying,—The temple of Yahweh The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh they are!
Ezekiel 20:37And I will cause you to pass under the rod And 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 →